Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--June 1, 2005


This month's profile is of author Kristyn Crow.


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CONGRATULATIONS

to Mike Tunnell, whose website is now up and running. Check it out at www.michaelotunnell.com.


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NEW SALES

from Anne Bowen, CHRISTMAS IS COMING, a picture book, to Carolrhoda.


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NEW BOOKS

from Randall Wright, THE SILVER PENNY, a YA, Holt.

from Gloria Skurzynski, THE VIRTUAL WAR CHRONOLOGS BOOK THREE: THE REVOLT, Atheneum.



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COMING SOON


July, 2005

from Rick Walton, BUNNY SCHOOL, HarperCollins.

from Shannon Hale, PRINCESS ACADEMY, Bloomsbury.


August, 2005

from Nathan Hale, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, a picture book, Walker and Company.


Fall, 2005

from Michael Spooner, a historical novel, LAST CHILD (a sequel to DANIEL'S WALK), from Henry Holt.
from Hala Wittwer, illustrator, MEOW, a picture book by Jane Yolen.

from Kim Justesen, MY BROTHER THE DOG, a YA, from Tanglewood Press.


Sept, 2005

from Carol Williams and Sherry Meidell, LATTER-DAY TIMES: THE JOSEPH SMITH EDITION, a picture book, from Leatherwood Press.

from Guy Francis, illustrator, MRS. MCBLOOM, CLEAN UP YOUR CLASSROOM! a picture book by Kelly DiPuchio (Hyperion)


Spring, 2006

from Kim Justesen, three books in the "Hey, Ranger" series.

from Guy Francis, illustrator, SHELLY, a picture book by Margie Palatini (Dutton)


Fall 2006

from Anne Bowen, WHAT DO TEACHERS DO? a picture book, from Carolrhoda Books

from Greg Swearingen, illustrator, FAIRY QUITE CONTRARY, a picture book by Mem Fox.

from Dana Kessimakis Smith, MY DADDY'S A GRIZZLY BEAR, a picture book, from Hyperion Books for Children.

from Shannon Hale, CITY OF RIVERS, a YA, from Bloomsbury.


March, 2007

from Sharlee Glenn, JUST WHAT MAMA NEEDS, a picture book, from Putnam.


Spring 2007

from Carol Williams, OH THE GAMES YOU CAN PLAY ON A CHECKERBOARD, from Gibbs Smith.


2008

from Carla Morris, THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED BY LIBRARIANS, a picture book, illustrated by Brad Sneed, from Peachtree.

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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, from 3:30-5:00 pm, Carol Lynch Williams runs the Springville Young Writers Group, a free critique/writing group for children. Call Vivian Milius at the Springville Library for information.

June 13-17, 2005--BYU Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference. For more information go to http://ce.byu.edu/cw/writing.

June 23-24, 2005--Gloria Skurzynski will be speaking at six Clark County public libraries as part of the Las Vegas centennial celebration.

June 25, 2005--Sharlee Glenn will be giving an author lecture and signing books on "The Writer's Touch" at Media Play in Orem.

June 28, 2005--Shannon Hale will be speaking and signing at the Orem Public Library at 2 pm.

July 9, 2005--the King's English bookstore will host a release party for Shannon Hale's PRINCESS ACADEMY, 2:00 pm.

July 15, 2005--Ken Baker will be speaking to a writer's group at the Springville Library.

July 16, 2005--The King's English bookstore will host a release party for Shannon Hale's PRINCESS ACADEMY.

August 25-27, 2005--Randall Wright will be appearing at the Mt. Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

September 16-17, 2005--Sherry Meidell will be presenting at the League of Utah Writers Convention.

September 26, 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting Delta South Elementary.

September 28, 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting Corinne Elementary.

September 28, 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting Discovery Elementary in Brigham City.

November 1-4, 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting schools in Vernal, Utah.

Nov-Dec. 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting schools in the greater Mesa, Arizona area.

Jan-Apr, 2006--Rick Walton will be teaching a picture book writing class at BYU on Tuesday evenings.


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AUTHOR PROFILE: KRISTYN CROW

BORN: Inglewood, California

PARENTS: Robert W. Riley and Kathryn Gale Riley

SPOUSE: Steven Crow

CHILDREN: Garrett, Kyle, Emily, Riley, Cassandra, Liam, Kathryn. We are a blended family; I provided the boys, he provided the girls, then we had a contest who would break their streak and I won (got my girl)! Yes, they all live with us.

EDUCATION: I majored in English at Brigham Young University, where I abused the "R (for repeatable)" in the Creative Writing courses offered.

PLACES LIVED: Rolling Meadows (now nicknamed "rolling ghettos") Illinois, Claremont, California, New York, NY (Yes, I owned my own collapsible shopping cart and pushed my groceries down Broadway like everyone else), and now Orem (which, as my son says, is only one letter away from OREO.)

OTHER JOBS HELD: Sandwich Maker, School Relations Secretary at BYU, Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Columbia University (explain to me how I handled million dollar accounts and now can barely balance my own checkbook).

HOBBIES: Driving seven children to Disneyland in a big white cargo van.

PHOBIAS: Driving seven children to Disneyland in a big white cargo van.

RECENT BOOKS: Cool Daddy Rat, Bedtime at the Swamp (Both Coming Soon)

PUBLISH WITH: Putnam, HarperCollins

WEBSITE FEATURES: Just bought my domain


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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

BRING AN AUTHOR OR ILLUSTRATOR TO YOUR SCHOOL
When kids get to meet and learn from real authors they get excited about reading and writing. It's a great way to bring books to life. For information on presentations, fees, and contacts, go to www.ucwi.org/visit.htm, or check out the author/illustrator websites below. If you've never held an author visit and don't know what to do, go to www.rickwalton.com/utahauth/bringing.htm for information, guidelines, and advice.

A DEAL FOR SPECIAL CAUSES
If you want to get books into the hands of kids who need them- -e.g., kids in shelters, kids in hospitals, kids in foreign countries, kids in summer reading programs--we can get you select novels, picture books and joke books at rock bottom prices. You can get hardcover books at prices lower than a cheap paperback. Contact Rick at rick@rickwalton.com or Carol at
carolthewriter@yahoo.com for more information.

GET BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF YOUR STUDENTS
Rick Walton has a supply of deeply discounted books. If you buy one copy for each of the students in your school, Rick will do a day long visit at your school for free. For more information see www.rickwalton.com/aboutric/deal.htm.

SIGN UP FOR RICK WALTON'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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UTAH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR WEBSITES

Check out our website, www.ucwi.org, where you'll find information on local authors, their books, and their appearance information, and past issues of this newsletter.--Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators -- www.ucwi.org

Ken Baker -- www.bravemonster.com
Ann Edwards Cannon -- www.aecannon.com
Chris Crowe -- www.chriscrowe.com
Alane Ferguson -- www.alaneferguson.com
Guy Francis -- www.guyfrancis.com
Sharlee Glenn -- www.sharleeglenn.com
Shannon Hale -- www.shannonhale.com
Mette Ivie Harrison -- www.metteivieharrison.com
Kim Williams Justesen -- http://hometown.aol.com/kimorchid/myhomepage/profile.html
Sherry Meidell -- www.sherrymeidell.com
Robert Neubecker -- www.neubecker.com
Michael Nordenstrom -- www.riversoffire.com
Julie Olson -- www.jujubeeillustrations.com
Gloria Skurzynski -- http://gloriabooks.com
Dana Kessimakis Smith -- www.danasmithbooks.com
Will Terry -- www.willterry.com
Laura Torres--www.lauratorres.com
Michael O. Tunnell--www.michaelotunnell.com
Rick Walton -- www.rickwalton.com
Kevin Wasden -- www.kevinwasden.com
Hala Wittwer--www.artbyhala.com
Carol Lynch Williams -- www.carollynchwilliams.com
Randall Wright -- www.booksbywright.com

UTAH WRITER AND LITERATURE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITES
BYU Children's Book Review -- http://cbpr.lib.byu.edu
Children's Lit. Assoc. of Utah (Beehive Book Awards)-- www.clau.org
League of Utah Writers -- www.luwrite.com
UCTE/LA -- http://community.weber.edu/uctela
UT Council/International Reading Assoc. -- www.utahreading.org
Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators -- www.ucwi.org

If you have a Utah organization related to children's literature, please send it to us and we'll add it to the list.


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