by SCBWI Western Washington
Amber Keyser will take us to the edge of YA in April! Amber Keyser is a former ballerina and evolutionary biologist, who writes both fiction and nonfiction for tweens and teens. Her newest book is Sneakers Unlaced: A History of Athletic Shoes (Twenty-First Century Books). Forthcoming titles include The Way Back from Broken, a YA... Continue Reading →
For everyone who wasn't aware of the winning titles for this year's SCBWI Golden Kite Award Winners, here you go. Peruse the list and read all about them here. It's quite an array, and now I have too many books on my list. (SCBWI-member problems. Sheesh.) You're welcome!
Join local author Sharon Mentyka and illustrator Stephen Schlott on Friday, March 13, 7–9pm at Secret Garden Books, in Ballard for the book party and launch for B IN THE WORLD, a chapter book for kids ages 5 and up and the people who love them, that takes an open-hearted, kids-eyed view of what it means to be “different”... Continue Reading →
Another West Sound Kid Lit Drink Night! Are you coming? WHEN: Wednesday, March 11 at 6pm WHERE: The Loft in Poulsbo (we'll meet in the bar) Hope to see you there!
Children's Book Illustration Classes with Craig Orback Local illustrator Craig Orback has some new Children's Book Illustration classes, starting soon in Seattle, Bellevue and Edmonds: Children's Book Illustration I: Bellevue College, starting April 11 Edmonds College, starting April 14 AND: Children's Book Illustration II North Seattle College, starting April 16
Agent Jennifer Rofé is looking for "adorkable" heroes. Jennifer Rofé, an agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency, represents projects ranging from picture books to young adult, with middle grade being her soft spot. Some of her representative titles include: the middle grade novels The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice and How Lamar’s Bad Prank... Continue Reading →
Rachel will turn your Flat opening pages into Fab ones! Rachel Orr is celebrating her eighth year as an agent at the Prospect Agency, celebrating her eighth year there. She previously worked for eight rewarding years at HarperCollins Children's Books, and uses those editorial skills to help prepare her clients’ work for submission. Her clients... Continue Reading →
Christa Heschke will demystify the process of writing a mystery. Christa Heschke started in publishing as an intern at both Writers House and Sterling Lord Literistic, where she fell in love with the agency side of publishing. As an agent at McIntosh & Otis, where she has been in the Children's Literature Department since 2009,... Continue Reading →
How about THIS to start the month off right? Way to go: Jen scores a two-book deal! Chelsea Eberly at Random House has bought Six Feet Over It author Jennifer Longo's Up To This Pointe, in a two-book deal. In the novel, a girl who is the descendant of an explorer who died in a race to the... Continue Reading →
New SCBWI member Charlotte Riggle is a bit of a late bloomer. Although she's been a (technical) writer for many years, her first children's book, Catherine's Pascha, was published just last month. Charlotte will be reading Catherine's Pascha on Saturday, March 28 at A Good Book Cafe, 1014 W. Main St, Sumner. Come by yourself,... Continue Reading →
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