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FEATURED AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Amy Butler - Author of VIRGINIA BOUND

Kimberly Edwina Campbell - Author of Richard Peck's biography (Enslow, Summer 2007), Children's author (non-fiction, poetry, magazines), and freelance writer

Chris Crutcher, Award-winning Author of Whale Talk, The Sledding Hill, King of the Mild Frontier, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Athletic Shorts, Chinese Handcuffs, and Family Therapist in Spokane, WA.

Terry Davis , Author and Educator

Carolee Dean, Young Adult Author of COMFORT

Kathleen Duey , author of American Diaries, Hoofbeats, Freaky Facts, and The Unicorn's Secret series, plus Skin Hunger, the first in her new Resurrection of Magic series for Young Adults.

Jill Esbaum, Author of STINK SOUP and STE-E-E-E-EAMBOAT A-COMIN'!

Mary Cronk Farrell , Children's Writer and Family Life Columnist

Donna O'Donnell Figurski, Children's Author and Educator

Alex Flinn, YA Novelist - Author of BREATHING UNDERWATER and BREAKING POINT

Diana Greenwood, Freelance writer and children's author

Kelly Milner Halls, Freelance Writer and Author of DINOSAUR MUMMIES and I BOUGHT A BABY CHICKEN

Deborah Hopkinson, Author of A BAND OF ANGELS, MARIA'S COMET, and BIRDIE'S LIGHTHOUSE

Barbara Kramer, author of biographies for children and young adults

Claudia Cangilla McAdam/Two Sons Press, Author and Publisher of THE CHRISTMAS TREE CRIED

Beverly Stowe McClure, author of LISTEN TO THE GHOST

Kathi McCord, Children's Author and Illustrator

Candie Moonshower, Children's Author and Freelance Writer

Claire Rudolph Murphy, Children's Author, Storyteller, and Writing Instructor

Lori Nawyn, Writer, Photographer and Artist

Mary Nethery, author of HANNAH AND JACK and MARY VERONICA'S EGG

Susan Heyboer O'Keefe, author of MY LIFE AND DEATH BY ALEXANDRA CANARSIE

Terry Pierce, Author of joke and riddle books, picture books TWO TALES OF HAWAII, easy readers.

Nancy Roe Pimm - author of HEART OF THE BEAST, and INDY 500: THE INSIDE TRACK

Charline Profiri, author of COUNTING LITTLE GECKOS

Nancy Rosenberg, freelance writer and author of OUTWITTING STRESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CONQUERING STRESS BEFORE YOU CRACK

Terry Miller Shannon, author of TUB TOYS, IN MY VERY OWN YARD, and nonfiction for Scholastic: NEW HAMPSHIRE and OREGON.

NL Sharp, Educational Writing Consultant and Author of THE RING BEAR and TODAY I'M GOING FISHING WITH MY DAD

Theresa Smythe, Author/Illustrator of SNOWBEAR'S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN and cut-paper collage illustrator of THE HALLOWEEN QUEEN and THE RUNAWAY VALENTINE

Melanie Stinson -  Children's author, artist, Reiki Master, LMT, CCP, and creator of A Place for Us

Tate Thompson, author of THE SPACE BETWEEN and SENIORITIS

Lea Wait, author of STOPPING TO HOME

Sally Wilkins, author of SPORTS AND GAMES OF MEDIEVAL CULTURES, GRASSLANDS, TEMPERATE FORESTS, and DESERTS, and the INSIDER'S GUIDE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE

Steve Young, author of GREAT FAILURES OF THE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL