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K E Y N O T E : Ashley Bryan
Ashley Bryan's numerous awards and honors include the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, six Coretta Scott King Honors, the Arbuthnot Prize, and a Fulbright Scholarship. He has written and illustrated many books. Some illustrated works:The Story of the Three Kingdoms by Walter Dean Myers, A Nest Full of Stars by James Berry, and How God Fix Jonah by Lorenz Graham. Some he wrote and illustrated: Beautiful Blackbird and All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals. Mr. Bryan studied at Cooper Union in New York City and earned a degree in philosophy at Columbia University. He lives in Isleford, Maine.
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A U T H O R S T R A N D : Nancy Werlin
Nancy Werlin is the author of seven young adult novels that cover a range of genres, from contemporary to suspense to science fiction to fantasy/romance. Her most recent book is Impossible (Dial/Penguin, 2008). Other novels include The Rules of Survival, which was a National Book Award finalist and an LA Book Prize finalist, Double Helix, and The Killer's Cousin, which won the Edgar award for best YA mystery. She has also published short stories and essays. More information is available on her web site, www.nancywerlin.com.
Suggested Reading: To Be Announced
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A R T I S T S T R A N D : Mary Jane Begin
Mary Jane has received numerous starred reviews
and awards for books that she’s illustrated, which include Little Mouse’s Painting, Before I Go To Sleep, and her latest offering that she’s authored as well, Willow Buds-The Tale of Toad and Badger, and Willow Buds, When Toady Met Ratty–a prequel series to The Wind in the Willows.
She teaches at the Rhode Island school of Design and presents workshops to elementary schools around the country. She lives with her family in Barrington, RI and maintains a website at: www.maryjanebegin.com
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E D I T O R S T R A N D : Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is the editorial director of middle-grade and YA fiction at Random House Books for Young Readers, home of Newbery Honor winners Alan Armstrong’s Whittington and Jennifer L. Holm’s Penny from Heaven as well as New York Times Best-selling Jeanne DuPrau’s The Books of Ember and Tamora Pierce’s Beka Cooper series.
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