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Avi
Avi has published 60 books and is the winner of the Newbery Medal for Crispin the Cross of Lead, two Newbery Honors, For True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth, plus two Horn Book awards, and the O’Dell and Christopher awards.
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Sharon Creech
Sharon Creech is the author of numerous award-winning books, including the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor and Christopher winner The Wanderer, and the Carnegie Medal winner Ruby Holler.
www.sharoncreech.com |
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Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers has written many highly- acclaimed books for children and young adults. He’s a five-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honoree; the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Book Award finalist, as well as the recipient of the first annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award.
www.walterdeanmyersbooks.com |
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Sarah Weeks
Sarah Weeks has written more than forty picture books and novels for children and young adults. Her novel So B. It was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booksense 2004 best book of the year, and the 2004 Parents’ Choice Gold Award.
www.sarahweeks.com |
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Richard Peck
Richard Peck has written more than 30 novels for young people. His books have won numerous awards, including the Newbery Award for A Year Down Yonder. In 2005 he was a Library of Congress delegate to the Russian National Book festival. His forthcoming book (March ’07) will be On the Wings of Heroes.
http://us.penguingroup.com |
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KATHERINE PATERSON
Katherine Paterson has twice won both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. Her latest novel, Bread and Roses, Too was a Christopher Award winner. She was the 1998 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, and in 2006, the recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
http://www.terabithia.com |
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BRIAN SELZNICK
Brian Selznick has illustrated many award winning
books for children, including The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott honor. Brian has also written and illustrated several books including The Invention of Hugo Cabret which won the 2008 Caldecott Award. |
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PAM MUNOZ RYAN
Pam Muñoz Ryan, has written over thirty books for young people, including Esperanza Rising, which received many accolades including the Pura Belpre Medal and the Jane Addams Peace Award. Most recently, Becoming Naomi León received the Tomás Rivera Award, and the Pura Belpre Honor. She is twice the recipient of the Willa Cather Literary Award for Writing.
http://www.pammunozryan.com |
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Rachel Vail
Rachel Vail is the author of many beloved and award- winning books, including the picture book Sometimes I’m Bombaloo, the chapter book series Mama Rex & T, and teen novels Never Mind! (co-written with Avi), You, Maybe, and If We Kiss.
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