Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--September 1, 2005


This month's profile is of author Barbara Williams.


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CONGRATULATIONS

to Shannon Hale, whose book PRINCESS ACADEMY is a Book Sense Pick for Fall 2005.


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NEW SALES

from Nathan Hale, YELLOWBELLY AND PLUM, a picture book, to Putnam.

from Shannon Hale, Turkish rights to PRINCESS ACADEMY and Korean rights to GOOSE GIRL.

from Michael Spooner, German rights to LAST CHILD, to Dressler Verlag.

from Rick Walton, MERRY MAPS AND CHRISTMAS CLUES: 25 TREASURE HUNTS FOR THE SEASON, and DOG DAY DETECTIVES: 25 MINI-MYSTERIES FOR A RAINY DAY, to Leatherworks.


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NEW BOOKS

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)


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COMING SOON


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.

from Julie Olson, illustrator, THE FAIRY PRINCESS, by Leslie McGuire, from Paint-Chip Productions.

October, 2005

from Nathan Hale, PATRICK THE STRIPPING WARRIOR, from Halemark.

from Rick Walton, CINDERELLA CTR, from Halemark.

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.

from Gloria Skurzynski,VIRTUAL WAR CHRONOLOGS BOOK FOUR, THE CHOICE.


March, 2007

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


Spring 2007

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

2007

from Nathan Hale, author/illustrator, THIEVES LIKE US, and YELLOWBELLY AND PLUM, from Putnam.


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.

Fall, 2005--Kim Justesen will be teaching Introduction to Writing and Fiction Fundamentals for the Life Long Learning program at the University of Utah.

September 1-5, 2005--Gloria Skurzynski will be in Seattle taking part in Cascadia Con, the North American Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. She'll speak at a morning-long workshop for educators titled Introduction to Using Science Fiction in the Classroom, be part of several panels, and give a solo presentation about capturing teens' attention in a virtual world.

September 9-11, 2005--Shannon Hale will be the young adult keynote speaker at the Park City Literary Festival.

September 10, 2005--Rick Walton will be speaking at the Park City Literary Festival.

September 16, 2005--Chris Crowe will be keynote speaker at the conference on The Murder of Emmett Till and the Struggle for Civil Rights at Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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

September 22, 2005--Rick Walton will be visiting Delta South Elementary.

September 23, 2005--Chris Crowe will be keynote speaker at the Fort Hays State University English Workshop, Hays, Kansas.

September 24, 2005--Shannon Hale will be presenting at the Baltimore Book Festival.

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

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

September 30, 2005--Chris Crowe will receive the Golden Sower Award acceptance at the Nebraska Library Association convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.

October, 2005--Michael Spooner will be visiting St. Christopher's Preparatory in Richmond VA, and St. Cloud State Univ.

October 6, 2005--Becky Hall will be doing two student assemblies at East Sandy Elementary. The topic is The Writing Life. After school she will present to the teachers on Using the 6 Traits in Teaching Writing.

October 10, 2005--Rick Walton will be speaking to the Granite Council of the IRA.

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

November 11, 2005--Shannon Hale will be speaking at the English Department Reading Series.

November 12, 2005--Ken Baker will be doing an SCBWI writing workshop in Utah Valley.

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.

March 1, 2005--Rick Walton will be speaking to the kids at Foothill Elementary in Brigham City.

March 22, 2005--Rick Walton will be speaking to the DCIRA from 4:15-6:10 pm at East Layton Elementary.


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AUTHOR PROFILE: BARBARA WILLIAMS

BORN: Salt Lake City, Utah--before the dinosaurs

PARENTS: Walter Wright (lawyer) Emily Jeremy Wright (homemaker)

SPOUSE: J.D. Williams--professor emeritus and unsuccessful politician

EDUCATION: B.A. and M.A., U of U--also l year of graduate study at Boston University

PLACES LIVED: Salt Lake, Washington, D.C., Cambridge, MA

POSITIONS HELD: cashier, clerk-typist, doctor's assistant, personnel assistant, handkerchief salesperson, college English teacher (my favorite job, but I was laid off when Ph.D.'s became over abundant--sob!)

HOBBIES: travel (which I can no longer afford); cooing at babies (strangers' or my own grandchildren's)

PHOBIAS: water, heights

IRRITATIONS: bad grammar, temperamental computers

MOST RECENT TITLE: "World War II--Pacific," Lerner, 2005

NEXT TITLE: "Albert's Gift for Grandmother," Candlewick, 2006

MOST SUCCESSFUL TITLE (more than 1 million): "Titanic Crossing," Dial, 1995; Scholastic, 1997


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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

Matthew Armstrong -- www.matthewart.com
Ken Baker -- www.bravemonster.com
Anne Bowen -- www.annebowenbooks.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 -- 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 -- 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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