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Janni Lee Simner is a prolific writer of short stories and novels for young readers. She's the author of the
Bones of Faerie trilogy, comprising
Bones of Faerie,
Faerie Winter, and the forthcoming
Faerie After.
Here, Janni poses with an origami
Triceratops made by her husband
Larry Hammer. She and Larry live in Tucson.
Lisa Wheeler is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books, including
DINO-BASEBALL,
DINO-SOCCER, DINO-HOCKEY, and
DINO-BASKETBALL, all illustrated by
Barry Gott (who also illustrated Cyn's
HOLLER LOUDLY); and
MAMMOTHS ON THE MOVE, illustrated by
Kurt Cyrus. Originally from Pennsylvania, she now lives in Michigan.
Below, Lisa poses with a mammoth femur cast at the
Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Gayleen Rabakkuk is a freelance writer living in Edmond, Oklahoma. She holds a BA in journalism from the Unviersity of Central Oklahoma and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
She has a nice review of CHRONAL ENGINE at her blog.
Below, she poses with a replica Apatosaurus femur that marks a former fossil quarry in the Oklahoma panhandle – the setting for her latest manuscript.
Shelley Ann Jackson is the co-author-illustrator (with her husband
Jeff Crosby) of LITTLE LIONS, BULL BAITERS, AND HUNTING HOUNDS: A HISTORY OF DOG BREEDS (Tundra Books 2008) and HARNESS HORSES, BUCKING BRONCOS, AND PIT PONIES: A HISTORY OF HORSE BREEDS (Tundra Books 2011), and co-illustrator of UPON SECRECY (Boyds Mills Press 2009).
Shelley is a graduate of the
MFA illustration program of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In addition to writing and illustrating, she teaches art classes at
Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria and at
Dougherty Arts Center, both in Austin.
Below, she poses with her daughter Harper and her niece Hadley in front of a
T.rex at the
Denver Museum of Natural History.
Graphic designer Elizabeth O. Dulemba is the author of more than a dozen picture books, the most recent being THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN GEORGIA (Sterling 2010).
She is the illustrator coordinator for the
Southern Breeze chapter of the SCBWI; a Board Member of the Georgia Center for the Book; and has taught illustration at the University of Georgia. She blogs at
Elizabeth O. Dulemba and runs
Coloring Page Tuesdays.
Above, she poses with a googly-eyed hadrosaur (sp. indet.) at a school in Augusta.
Laura Jennings grew up in
Kempner, Texas, and studied fine art at Central Texas Community College and Texas Tech University, as well as animation at Austin Community College. She has developed characters for the video game
Shard and is a member of
Austin SCBWI.
Laura had some terrific dinosaur pieces on display at the Austin SCBWI's annual conference last month. Above, she poses with some of the creations. Another appears below. You can check out more of them at her gallery
here.
How to be a Children's Book Illustrator (Mark Mitchell's blog) has an interview with Laura
here and Laura's main deviantArt page and blog are
here.
Debbi Michiko Florence is a third generation Japanese-American and has lived in Mexico, China, New York, and Michigan. She presently resides in California. She holds a degree in zoology, volunteered as a "raptor rehabilitator" (the
avian kind), and ran a "dino camp" at the
Detroit Zoo.
In adidition to writing fiction, Debbi is the author of
JAPAN: A KALEIDOSCOPE KIDS BOOK and
CHINA: A KALEIDOSCOPE KIDS BOOK, both available from
Williamson Books.
Above, Debbi poses with a
T.rex at the
California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
Below, she's in the London
Natural History Museum with the pliosaur
Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni. The woman in the photo on the wall is
Mary Anning, one of the earliest and most prolific fossil hunters (and who discovered several ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.).
Dianne de Las Casas is a storyteller and an author of professional books for teachers and librarians, as well as books for children, including the forthcoming DINOSAUR MARDI GRAS (
Pelican Publishing 2012). With a father in the military, as a child she lived in the Philippines, Hawaii, and Spain. She now lives with her family in the New Orleans area.
She is a founder of
Picture Book Month, celebrating the look and feel of picture books!
E.C. Myers writes fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. Of Korean and German descent, he hails originally from Yonkers, New York, and now works as a development writer for a children's hospital.
His first young adult novel,
FAIR COIN, is forthcoming in March 2012 from Pyr Books.
Above, he poses with his wife Carrie, a former children's book editor and presently a medical student, at the
American Museum of Natural History.
Meredith Davis writes picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels. A former bookseller at
Toad Hall, she is the founder of the
Austin Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and served for three years as its Regional Adviser. She recently completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Children and Young Adults from
Vermont College of Fine Arts.
She blogs at
Stories in the Street.
The lad with the gimlet eye is her son, Benji.
Kelly Milner Halls grew up in Texas, went to high school in California, and now lives in the Pacific Northwest.
She is the author of numerous nonfiction books for young readers, including the
RANDOM HOUSE DINOSAUR TRAVEL GUIDE, DINOSAUR PARADE,
DINOSAUR MUMMIES, and
TALES OF THE CRYPTIDS. Above, she poses with
Pentaceratops.
She is the editor of, and has a short story in, the forthcoming
GIRL MEETS BOY (Chronicle, January 2012), a young adult anthology that features story pairs by Chris Crutcher & Kelly Milner Halls; Joseph Bruchac & Cynthia Leitich Smith; James Howe & Ellen Wittlinger; Terry Trueman & Rita Williams-Garcia; Terry Davis & Rebecca Davis; and Randy Powell & Sara Ryan.
Kathi Appelt is the author of more than thirty picture books and the novels
THE UNDERNEATH and KEEPER. THE UNDERNEATH was a finalist for the 2008
National Book Award and a 2009
Newbery Honor Book.
Kathi was born in the front seat of her father's Ford and grew up in Houston. She currently lives in College Station, TX, with her husband Ken and four cats.
Here, she poses with a
Tyrannosaurus rex figurine at the hostess's station at
Threadgill's in Austin, Texas.
Chris Eboch’s novels for ages nine and up include THE EYES OF THE PHARAOH, a mystery in ancient Egypt; THE WELL OF SACRIFICE, a Mayan adventure; and the Haunted series, which starts with THE GHOST ON THE STAIRS. She is also the author of ADVANCED PLOTTING, a guide for helping writers fine-tune their plots.
The picture above was taken while she was fossil hunting with friends in New Mexico. Embedded in the rock is what is believed to be a fossilized dinosaur bone.
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| Turkey, from Wikipedia |
Happy Day-After Thanksgiving, everyone!
This year,
Cynthia and I hosted a bunch of writers and illustrators for Thanksgiving dinner.
What does that have to do with dinosaurs? Well, birds are dinosaurs (check out this nifty
page at the University of California Paleo Museum), which means that our main course (
Meleagris gallopavo) is, as well. In particular, it is a saurisichian, theropodan, tetanuran, maniraptoran dinosaur. Check out
this graphic for even more Thanksgiving turkey paleo-geekiness.
Chris Barton (
THE DAY GLO BROTHERS,
SHARK VS. TRAIN, and CAN I SEE YOUR ID?) and I joined
Don Tate (
dinosaur post)(DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE, IT JES HAPPENED: WHEN BILL TRAYLOR STARTED TO DRAW, and many more) for the annual
Turkey Trot. Now, I'd never done the Turkey Trot before, but I usually sneak in a three-mile run the morning of Thanksgiving, just because it makes me feel better :-).
All in all, it was an enormously fun event -- well organized and a picturesque route up and around downtown and near west Austin. I discovered, however, that I am woefully out of shape :-).
After the race, it was time to stuff the turkey!
I do a traditional giblet and bread stuffing and cook the thing in the oven. On occasion, I've been tempted to try
frying it or even
grilling it, but we're still under a
burn ban. And, besides, this way I get stuffing, which is almost my favorite part of the me
K.M. Walton is the author of TEACHING NUMERACY: 9 CRITICAL HABITS TO IGNITE MATHEMATICAL THINKING and her fiction debut, the forthcoming CRACKED (Simon Pulse, January 3, 2012).
An elementary and middle school teacher for more than ten years, she now writes full time, is married to her college sweetheart, and has two sons.
Below, she poses with her three year old nephew Alex, who is "crazy about dinosaurs."
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| Lita at age 15 on a dig for the Royal Tyrell Museum |
Lita Judge was born in
Alaska, spent summers as a child in Wisconsin, and has a degree in geology. She volunteered for two summers on a dinosaur dig in Canada (above) and is the author/illustrator of, among other books,
BORN TO BE GIANTS: HOW BABY DINOSAURS GREW TO RULE THE WORLD.
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| Lita sketches at the American Museum of Natural History |
Lita's latest release is RED SLED.
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| Lindsey Lane models Tykeosaurs |
Austin author
Lindsey Lane sent me this pic of her posing with Tykeosaurs, a board book by Tom Arma, that was given to her daughter on her first birthday.
Lindsey grew up in the northeast and is a former feature writer for the
Austin Chronicle and the
Austin American-Statesman.
In addition to be an accomplished playwright, Lindsey is the author of the picture book
SNUGGLE MOUNTAIN (Clarion 2003), illustrated by
Melissa Iwai.
SNUGGLE MOUNTAIN is now available as an
app. Lindsey discusses the experience of turning a traditional picture book into an app
here.
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| Jo, Jessica, and PJ pose predatorially |
Texas Sweethearts Jo Whittemore,
Jessica Lee Anderson, and
P.J. Hoover recently sent me this hilarious photo.
Jo Whittemore was born in
Kentucky on Halloween and moved to Texas while in sixth grade. She writes fantasy and contemporary humor for middle graders and is an Aggie. She is the author of THE SILVERSKIN LEGACY trilogy (Llewellyn); and FRONT PAGE FACE OFF and
ODD GIRL IN (Aladdin MIX). Her next novel, D IN DRAMA, is forthcoming from Aladdin MIX in August 2012.
Jessica Lee Anderson was born in Phoenix,
Arizona, and grew up in a lot of places (her father was in the air force), including Hawaii and Texas. She writes contemporary young adult fiction. Her novels include TRUDY (winner of the Milkweed Award) and
BORDER CROSSING (Milkweed). Her latest novel is CALLI (Milkweed 2011).
P.J. Hoover grew up in
Virginia, holds electrical engineering and history degrees from Virginia Tech, and can solve a Rubik's Cube in under two minutes. She writes fantasy for middle grade and teen readers. She is the author of THE FORGOTTEN WORLDS trilogy (CBAY Books) and SOLSTICE (CreateSpace 2011). P.J. was previously featured on WRITERS AND DINOSAURS
here.
Carmen Oliver is the Assistant Regional Adviser for the
Austin Chapter of the
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Born in
Manitoba, Canada, she lived for a while in Calgary before moving to Austin. She has published numerous nonfiction
articles for both adults and children.
The photos were taken at the home of
Stephen Mooser, president and co-founder of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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| Nikki Loftin and Coelophysis |
Nikki Loftin lives just outside Austin, Texas, and writes middle grade novels. Her first novel, THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, which she describes as "CORALINE meets HANSEL AND GRETEL," will be published in Summer 2012 by Razorbill/Penguin.
She recently took a trip to New Mexico and took a couple photos of the
Ghost Ranch Coelophysis.
Coelophysis, a small Triassic theropod, is the state dinosaur of New Mexico and appears to have been a
cannibal.
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| Don Tate and Allosaurus |
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Don Tate is the illustrator of more than forty books for children. His two most recent books are SHE LOVED BASEBALL: THE EFFA MANLEY STORY, written by
Audrey Vernick (
HarperCollins 2010), and RON'S BIG MISSION, written by Rose Blue and Corinne Naden (
Penguin 2009). Both were Junior Library Guild Selections, and SHE LOVED BASEBALL made the Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year List for 2011.
Don's next book is DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE, written by
Anna Harwell Celenza (
Charlesbridge, November 2011). In addition, Don is the author of the forthcoming IT JES' HAPPENED: WHEN BILL TRAYLOR STARTED TO DRAW, illustrated by
R. Gregory Christie (Lee & Low, Spring 2012).
Above, Don poses with the
Allosaurus in the rotunda of the
American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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| Dianna Hutts Aston and "Candlesaurus" |
Dianna Hutts Aston is the award-winning author of numerous picture books, including AN EGG IS QUIET and A SEED IS SLEEPY, both illustrated by
Sylvia Long. Her latest book is
A BUTTERFLY IS PATIENT, also illustrated by Sylvia Long.
Click
here for a 2006 interview with Aston and Long.
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| Caroline with mosasaur, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County |
Caroline Arnold is the author of more than 100 books for young readers. She grew up in Minneapolis, MN, and has degrees in art from Grinnell College and the University of Iowa. She now lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Her most recent books featuring Mesozoic critters are
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE DINOSAURS (Clarion 2009) and
GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE (Clarion 2007).
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| Caroline with Pteranodon, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County |
And, no, mosasaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs :-). The former are (probably) varanids related to Komodo dragons and the latter are flying archosaurs.
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she went to high school in Texas and college in Alaska. She now lives in Tyler, Texas.
P.J. Hoover and Triceratops horridus.
P.J. Hoover is the author of THE FORGOTTEN WORLDS TRILOGY, comprising THE EMERALD TABLET, THE NAVEL OF THE WORLD, and THE NECROPOLIS. She blogs at Roots in Myth and at Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels. A former electrical engineer, she , of course, decorates her Christmas tree (almost) exclusively with Star Trek ornaments.
P.J. and a big giant turtle (probably Protostega or Archelon).
Recently, P.J. attended an overnighter at the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science and was kind enough to send these photos.
Together with her fellow Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels, she's going to be leading a workshop on revision for the Austin SCBWI this July. Also, for next week's Texas Library Association Annual Conference here in Austin next week, note that the Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels are hosting a reception at the CBAY booth on April 13, at 2 pm.
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By: Greg Leitich Smith,
on 2/15/2013
E.C. Myers writes fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. Of Korean and German descent, he hails originally from Yonkers, New York, and now works as a development writer for a children's hospital.
K.M. Walton is the author of TEACHING NUMERACY: 9 CRITICAL HABITS TO IGNITE MATHEMATICAL THINKING and her fiction debut, the forthcoming CRACKED (Simon Pulse, January 3, 2012).
Heather Hepler and pachycephalosaur, American Museum of Natural History
Heather Hepler is the author of several books for teens and tweens including, most recently, THE CUPCAKE QUEEN, a Fall 2009 Indie Pick.
P.J. Hoover and Triceratops horridus.
P.J. Hoover is the author of THE FORGOTTEN WORLDS TRILOGY, comprising THE EMERALD TABLET, THE NAVEL OF THE WORLD, and THE NECROPOLIS. She blogs at Roots in Myth and at Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels. A former electrical engineer, she , of course, decorates her Christmas tree (almost) exclusively with Star Trek ornaments.
P.J. and a big giant turtle (probably Protostega or Archelon).
Poses??? I am rescuing them, my fine sir!
Thanks for posting, Greg!
Updated! :-).