Author Listings (Boys & Men)
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| Michele Torrey first became a published author at age ten, when her story about a dinosaur egg popping out of the kitchen sink appeared in the Seaview Heights Elementary newspaper. Her fifth grade class, located in Edmonds, Washington, wrote, edited, and published the newspaper.
While Torrey has lived most of her li....[more] |
| Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social justice. A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally r....[more] |
| Writes and illustrates books for children, primarily picture books and early-reader chapter books. The subject matter tends to be childhood social-issues oriented:
Shyness & Moving Away (A Tiger Called Thomas),
Friendship & Feeling left out (I'm Not Invited?),
Practice and Perseverance (Our Marching Band),
Diffi....[more] |
| Simon Cheshire grew up in Warwickshire, England. From a young age, he was a dedicated reader and would spend many hours absorbed in books, happily dreaming of faraway places, and completely ignoring his mother's cries of "Go out and get some fresh air, for heaven's sake!"
Simon's first book appeared in 1997, and sin....[more] |
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Ann Hodgman is the author of over 40 childrens' books, several humor books, and three cookbooks: Beat This!, Beat That!, and One Bite Won't Kill You. She has also written articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Smithsonia....[more] |
| Author of over 40 titles for children - including picture books and novels for a wide variety of age groups and interests - Hazel is a popular presenter at schools and libraries across the country. Recent awards include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature for ....[more] |
| Sometimes, during author visits in schools and libraries, children ask me when I started writing. When I was five years old, I tell them. And that's the truth. I'd dream up poems for birthday presents and plays for backyard production. When my mom read me a story, I never wanted it to end. I'd make up more chapters and....[more] |
| Jess Mowry was born in 1960 in Mississippi and raised by his father in Oakland, California. Jess has been a truck driver and heavy equipment operator in Arizona, and engineer on a tugboat in Alaska as well as working on cargo airplanes. Returning to Oakland in 1988, he bought a used typewriter and began writing stories....[more] |
| Tim Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and university lecturer at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. His children’s books have won recognition from the New York Times, NPR, the Smithsonian, Nickelodeon, and many others. He’s published over 120 poems, won a prize in a poetry contest judged by John Updi....[more] |
| Nick is a lifelong resident of Baltimore, Maryland. He has degrees in biology and computer networking, and he works as a computer network administrator. He and his family share their home with three cats and various other creatures, some of whom appear in The Remin Chronicles in various guises. In his spare time, Nick ....[more] |
| Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan and began writing at an early age. He received an English Honours degree from the University of Saskatchewan, spent several years writing advertising and now writes fiction full time. He is the author of the "Canadian Chills" series of books, "Dust"....[more] |
| David Michael Slater writes for children, teens, and adults. He is the author of sixteen picture books, including CHEESE LOUISE; THE RING BEAR (an SSLI Honor Book); JACQUES & SPOCK (a Children's Book-of-the-Month Alternative Selection); and FLOUR GIRL (a 2008 Mom's Choice Award winner). Slater's teen series, SACRED BOO....[more] |
| Michael has written more than 200 children's books including middle grade novels, tie-in novelizations, and picture books based on movies, video games, and television shows such as Smallville, Avatar, Men in Black, X-Men and Spider-Man.
Michael's packaging company, Town Brook Press, created and produced Spider-Man M....[more] |
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