2010 Printz Awards
The final day of ALA Annual Conference — June 28, 2010 — was an exhausting frenzy of acquiring books! I did go to some sessions: One on Research and Statistics…
Category: YA Authors
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Sunday Schmoozing
Well, I wanted to blog all about ALA — and now it’s been a couple of months. However, I really do want to relive it and post all the pictures…
YA Author Coffee Klatch
I’m taking a long time to write about ALA because life is interfering. I got RIF’d from my job as a Youth Services Librarian, but I was fortunate enough that…
First Full Day of ALA 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010, I woke up bright and early and excited to go to ALA. I drove in — funny thing, but there’s no traffic early on a Saturday…
ALA Annual Conference 2010
It’s been more than a week since ALA finished, and I had a wonderful time. Time to report! I’d had four days at my new job as a Management Analyst…
In Memory of Madeleine L’Engle
I was saddened to read, a few moments ago, that Madeleine L’Engle has died, at the age of 88. I’m not sad for her. I’m sure she’s gone on to…
Children’s Writers
I’ve decided that people who write for children and young adults are an extremely intelligent bunch. I’m reading my new issue of The Horn Book Magazine, and this month it’s…
YA Author Breakfast
With Gene Luen Yang, 2007 Printz Award winner, author of American Born Chinese. With M. T. Anderson, 2007 Printz Honor Winner, and author of Feed All the authors who were…