Mary Downing Hahn

 

 

Mary Downing Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her husband. She has two grown daughters.

Ms, Hahn was a children’s librarian in Prince George’s County until she decided to devote all her time to writing and visiting schools around the country.

Her work ranges from realistic fiction to contemporary fantasy and has received much critical acclaim for its well-defined characterizations and interesting plot lines.

All the Lovely Bad Ones

AVI

 

 

AVI has written many acclaimed novels for middle grade and teen readers, including his two Newbery Honor winners, Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

The Seer of Shadows

Jeff Kinney

 

 

Jeff Kinney has worked as a newspaper designer and computer programmer, and at other occupations that do not hinge on physical prowess.

 He never intended to run Diary of a Wimpy Kid on the Web, but the opportunity came up to post his story on Funbrain.com as he was developing it.

He and his family live in Plainville, Massachusetts.

Diary of a Wimpy KId

Jude Watson

 

Jude Watson is a novelist for young readers, usually preteens, she now lives in New York.

She is probably best known for her Star Wars works, which are usually set in the prequel era and involve the Jedi.

Clear examples of these include the Jedi Apprentice, Jedi Quest,Last of the Jedi and Legacy of the Jedi series. She wrote journals from the point of view of Princess Leia, Padmé Amidala and Darth Maul. She also helped write the Star Wars: Science Adventures series with K. D. Burkett.

Her non-Star Wars works include the Brides of Wildcat County series and the novel Premonitions and its sequel Disappearance. She has also written a Star Trek series with K.D. Burkett.

The 39 Clues®

R L Stine (Robert Lawrence Stine)

 

R L Stine is the best-selling children’s author in history. He began his writing career at the age of nine, writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friends. He has been at it ever since.

A graduate of Ohio State University, Mr. Stine served as editor-in-chief of Bananas, a humor magazine for children, before teaming up with Parachute Press to create Fear Street, the first young adult horror series.

After the enormous success of Fear Street, Stine and Parachute went on to launch Goosebumps, the best-selling book series that made Stine an international celebrity and the #1 best-selling author in America for several years.His latest projects include The Nightmare Room book series, TV show, and videos/DVDs; and his brand-new hardcover book, Beware!.

R. L. Stine lives in Manhattan with his wife, their teenage son, Matt, and their dog, Nadine.

Goosebumps Horrorland

Jane Yolen

 

 

Jane Yolen is one of the acknowledged masters of fantasy today. She is the author of more than two hundred books for children and adults.

Her young adult novel The Devil’s Arhtmetic won the Jewish Book Council Award. Her children’s book Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr, was awarded the Caldecott Medal; her fantasy novels Sister Light, Sister Dark and White Jenna were both short-listed for the Nebula; and she’s won the Nebula twice for short stories.

 She has also won the World Fantasy Award, the Christopher Medal twice, and the Golden Kite Award. She has written two previous books in the Young Heroes series with Robert J. Harris, Odysseus in the Serpent Maze and Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons. Jane Yolen lives with her husband in western Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Christine Morton-Shaw

 

Series

• Starting Maths (1995)
• Times Tables (1995)
• First Words in French (1996)
• Mathematics (1996)
• Nature (1996)

For Littles

• Colours (1996)
• Opposites (1996)
• Wild Animals (1996)
• People (1997)
• Play (1997)
• Shapes (1997)

 Novels

• The Riddles of Epsilon (2005)
• The Hunt for the Seventh (2008)

 
Picture Books

• The Pig That Barked (1993)
• Don’t Worry William (1995)
• Picnic Farm (1998)
• Bears for Bedtime: Storybook Collection (1999)
• Run Rabbit Run (2001)
• Magoosy (2002)
• Itzy Bitzy House (2004)
• Mr. Jack: A Little Dog in a Big Hurry (2005)
• Wake Up, Sleepy Bear (2006)

Liz Kessler

 

“I started writing when I was very young. 

When I was nine, my poem, Jinx’s Shop was printed in the local newspaper.

I made a book of my poems for my
grandma, who was called Mama, and I was convinced I was going to be a poet when I grew up.

I was in my 30s when I decided I wanted to write books.

I went part time in my job and got on with it!

And I haven’t looked back!”

 

Fuente: http://www.lizkessler.co.uk/

Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is the author of four award-winning mystery novels from Bantam Books.

His first, BIG RED TEQUILA, won the Anthony Award for Best Original Paperback Novel and the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel.

His second book, THE WIDOWER’S TWO-STEP, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Original Paperback Novel of 1999.

His newest novel, THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN, has been nominated for both the Anthony and the Shamus Awards for Best Mystery Novel of 2001.

His short fiction has appeared in Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

In addition to writing, Rick teaches middle school at Saint Mary’s Hall. A San Antonio native and graduate of Alamo Heights and UT Austin, he is certified in both English and history, and has taught for fourteen years in both public and private schools, at middle and high school levels. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.

Sarah Prineas

 

 

I’m a writer living in Iowa City, Iowa. Have you heard the Interstate-80 Iowa song? It’s about driving through Iowa: “corn, corn, corn–look a tree!–corn, corn, corn, Iowa Citeeeee”. That’s pretty much what it’s like. I love living in Iowa.

Originally I’m from Lyme, Connecticut (yes, that’s the town where Lyme Disease comes from). I went to college in Minnesota and then did a PhD in English literature.

Before writing Magic Thief, I wrote a lot of fantasy stories for adults; I didn’t even think of myself as a writer for children until my agent sold the book and two sequels to HarperCollins Children’s. Now I’m having a lot of fun being a kids book writer.  Another thing about me is that I have a thing for dragons.  I even have a collection of dragon action figures.

http://www.sarah-prineas.com/about.html