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Jessica Burton

Jessica Burton

Occupation: Writer, Illustrator, Riverside Centre
About me: I love both painting and drawing and have been drawing since I was 2 and trying to get published since I was 11. I have just got back from the USA where I was head of pottery at a camp and now I'm bac... more
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sheila whitely

sheila whitely

Occupation: Parent, n/a
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JP Roberts

JP Roberts

Occupation: Illustrator, Freelance/Self
About me: Hi. I'm a freelance illustrator and animator currently living in Shawnee, KS. I've always had a passion for illustration and one of my creative goals has been to break into the field of illustrating f... more
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Gwyn Perkins

Gwyn Perkins

Occupation: Published Illustrator, Filims pty ltd
About me: I used to be an animator, a gardener, a dishwasher and am now an illustrator and feel much better. I live in Sydney on an island and am a published illustrator of children's books which include Why D... more
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Cil Lane

Cil Lane

Occupation: Writer
About me: For me, writing is that long lost friend who was always there ready and waiting to offer me peace, joy or comfort in an escape. A friend with whom I have recently reconnected after many years of negl... more
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Keith Schoch

Keith Schoch

Occupation: Teacher, Bedminster School
About me: I'm a sixth grade Reading and Language Arts teacher from New Jersey, who put in 20+ years teaching third and fourth grade. I love picture books and novels, and I regularly conduct workshops for teache... more
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Brett Breckon

Brett Breckon

Occupation: Published Illustrator, The Beacon Studio
About me: I live and work in the delightful, rugged, awe-inspiring coastal county of Pembrokeshire in the South west of Wales, UK. I have worked continuously as a freelance illustrator since leaving college in ... more
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Rocco Staino

Rocco Staino

Occupation: Editor, School Library Journal
About me: Longtime Director of the Keefe Library at the North Salem Central School District in Westchester County, NY. Involved with the American Library Association, American Association of School Librarians,... more
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Rose Green

Rose Green

Occupation: Writer
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roger zotti

roger zotti

Occupation: Teacher, ret.teacher
About me: Well, I just had a book self-published. It's titled "Sparring with Mickey Rourke" and is a collection of short, quirky stories...I'm working on another book as we speak about one-time light heavyweigh... more
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Bernardine Devine

Bernardine Devine

Occupation: Writer, Louix Tales
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Margaret Malone

Margaret Malone

Occupation: Published Writer, self
About me: Margaret Gay Malone is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Margaret Gay Malone include The Diary of Susie King Taylor, Civil War Nurse (In My Own Words), Discovering Cultures ... more
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Craig Steele

Craig Steele

Occupation: Writer/University Professor, Edinboro University
About me: Hey folks! I live in the urban-sprawl countryside of northwestern PA with my wife, our two young children, and two rubbish cats. By day, I’m a university biology professor. I began writing for child... more
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meghan munoz

meghan munoz

Occupation: Teacher, Merced City Schoold
About me: Teacher... more
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Kristi Valiant

Kristi Valiant

Occupation: Published Writer, Illustrator
About me: My newest book is a trade picture book I illustrated called Cora Cooks Pancit released in April, 2009. Also in the works are inside illustrations for two chapter books and six chapter book covers. I'v... more
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Bobbie Pyron

Bobbie Pyron

Occupation: Published Writer, self employed
About me: Hi! I'm a writer of teen and middle-grade fiction as well as picture books. My debut teen novel, The Ring, came out in this September. I have a middle-grade novel due out in early 2011 called A Dog's ... more
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Shannon O'Donnell

Shannon O'Donnell

Occupation: Writer / H.S. Teacher
About me: Shannon O'Donnell lives in Montana with her husband and three children, where she teaches high school English. She has a master's degree in Education and is her school district's writing specialist a... more
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Lesley Breen Withrow

Lesley Breen Withrow

Occupation: Published Writer, Illustrator, Lesley Breen Withrow Illustration and Design
About me: Children’s illustrator and designer Lesley Breen Withrow is co-author of the book Illustrating Children’s Picture Books, 200 pages of art instruction and storytelling insight from international il... more
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susan round

susan round

Occupation: Teacher, Central Falls School District
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Mike Gordon

Mike Gordon

Occupation: Published Illustrator, Mike Gordon Illustration
About me: Commissions from London publishers began a highly successful move in 1983 from Design Studio Manager to freelance illustration. Mike has since illustrated over three hundred children's fiction and n... more
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Robert Wahl

Robert Wahl

Occupation: Published Thinkerupper... I think things up..., Me, myself
About me: Just started a blog... google, http://robertwahl.blogspot.com/ should get you there. Come on by. Sit, spit, chew or scratch! Lookin' forward to seeing ya. We'll survey the vast realm of Cyber nonsense... more
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Carrie Clickard

Carrie Clickard

Occupation: Writer, C L Enterprises
About me: SCBWI Member, Fulltime author & designer Most recent work: Victricia Malicia Calamity Higgins Pub: Flashlight Press 2011 Born in Michigan, Carrie has spent every free moment since with a book in he... more
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Jane Gifun

Jane Gifun

Occupation: Teacher, student
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Lola Perkett

Lola Perkett

Occupation: Writer
About me: My Scandinavian nose and I lived in Minnesota for 23 years. We moved to Indiana in 1999; now we sneeze a lot. That's okay because there are birds, coyotes, and people with southern accents.... more
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Kevin Fobbs

Kevin Fobbs

Occupation: Writer, Out Of The Box Club
About me: Kevin has written a bi-monthly issues/policy column as Contributing Columnist for the Detroit News, and a weekly column for GOPUSA, as well as served as a National Political Columnist for the RNC. Kev... more
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Chanda Keith

Chanda Keith

Occupation: Writer
About me: I am an education student preparing to intern in the fall of 2008. I also write children's picture books, and am currently shopping several to different publishers. I have several books based around... more
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Sarah Elizabeth Bash-Gleason

Sarah Elizabeth Bash-Gleason

Occupation: Published Writer, Illustrator, Lee County Schools/Nova Southeastern University
About me: I am an Author-Artist. Published work titled, My Daddy Is Strong, Handsome, and Tall (Amazona rhythmic reader for toddlers ages 1-4) and others in the works. Also, the Founder, Editor, Publisher of a ... more
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Susie Falgoust

Susie Falgoust

Occupation: Bookseller, Cherry Books
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Diana Navarro

Diana Navarro

Occupation: Illustrator/Writer
About me: My first illustration work was for the McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY. I am presently working on cover artwortk for sci-fi/fantasy stories. I'm also Illustrating picture books, illustrating and writing my o... more
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Kay Al-Ghani

Kay Al-Ghani

Occupation: Published Writer, Torfield Special School
About me: Hi everyone, I am a Special Educational Needs Teacher, Inclusion Support Consultant and an Associate Tutor. I write with my son, Haitham, who has Autism and who does all the illustrations for our boo... more
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Donna Earnhardt

Donna Earnhardt


About me: Mom, wife, writer and brownie chef ---I've sold poems, stories, puzzles and articles to Blue Mountain Arts, Highlights for Children, Weeones Magazine, The Bulletin, GP4K and Rx for Writers and recentl... more
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Donna McDine

Donna McDine

Occupation: Writer ~ Write What Inspires You!
About me: Donna McDine is an award-winning children's author, placing 12th in the 77th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition and twice in the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Donna’s ... more
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Kim Sponaugle

Kim Sponaugle

Occupation: Published Illustrator
About me: Kim SponaugIe loves to draw stories for kids. She has illustrated over 20 books for the children's market. She graduated from Art Institute of Philadelphia with a graphics degree but soon found that s... more
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john battye

john battye

Occupation: physicist and engineer, retired
About me: I am also the principle author of the 'Shell Flow Meter Engineering Handbook' published in 1985 by McGraw-Hill and of a number of scientific papers on the subjects of; flow metering (for research and ... more
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Sharon Roberts

Sharon Roberts

Occupation: Published Bookseller, Coalition for Independent Authors
About me: Writing is a solitary pursuit, however marketing books is best done by groups. When authors join the Coalition for Independent Authors they control the marketing of their books. No standard commiss... more
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Deborah Cuneo

Deborah Cuneo

Occupation: Illustrator
About me: I'm a self taught illustrator relatively new to this industry. I illustrated one chapter book about 3 yrs ago. Since then, I have been working very hard illustrating in a new technique while trying to... more
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Liz Jones

Liz Jones

Occupation: Writer, Illustrator, self
About me: I'm an illustrator, a children's writer (picture books, midgrades, graphic novels), a high school writing coach, a bluegrass and oldtime fiddler, a farmer and occasional sheep shearer,wool spinner and... more
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Eric Hammond

Eric Hammond

Occupation: Writer, Illustrator, Eric Hammond Subcreations
About me: I am a writer, poet, illustrator, designer & cartoonist from Lake County, Florida. I have created poems for the educational website Time4Learning.com & have recently done illustration work for Chatea... more
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Rodolphe Blet

Rodolphe Blet

Occupation: Writer
About me: Hope you will like stepping into my world... more
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Sandie Muncaster

Sandie Muncaster

Occupation: Editor, Stories for Children Magazine
About me: Hi Everyone taking the time to read this. I'm a freelance writer and have been that way for about 15 years. I work for Stories for Children Magazine http://storiesforchildrenmagazine.org and I'm als... more
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Amy Allgeyer Cook

Amy Allgeyer Cook

Occupation: Writer
About me: Reader, Writer, Architect. Mother, Sister, Auntie, Wife.... more
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Tara Gannon

Tara Gannon

Occupation: Writer
About me: Hello Fellow Children's Book Lovers! I am an editorial assistant-for-hire, as well as a writer and art student. My shelves are filled with picture books and middle grade novels. They bring me back to ... more
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Nata Romeo

Nata Romeo

Occupation: Writer, Illustrator
About me: please vote for me : http://michaelscontest.com/uploads/899 and http://www.michaelscontest.com/uploads/965 Children' book illustrator/ artist please join my facebook fan page http://www.facebo... more
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Ben Molyneux

Ben Molyneux

Occupation: Writer, Ben Molyneux Photography
About me: Ben Molyneux is an unpublished author. He has written a book called "Arthur Archer and the Last Cavalier." Intially set in modern day Britain following a brother and sister who have recently lost thei... more
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Hajni Blasko

Hajni Blasko

Occupation: Publicist, Substance Books
About me: I'm the creator of Substance Books Inc., Book Publicity Genie, Eco-Books, Authors' Web Design and Top Site Makeover and the damsel responsible for designing, programming and pampering these sites. I w... more
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Holly Schindler

Holly Schindler

Occupation: Published Writer
About me: I'm deliriously happy to announce the impending release of my debut novel! The YA work, officially titled A BLUE SO DARK, is set to be published by Flux Books in 2010. A second YA novel, tentativel... more
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Soda .

Soda .

Occupation: Published Writer, Musician, Promoter
About me: Soda is a writer of many genres as well as an avid musician, currently fronting the alternative rock band His Mighty Robot (www.hismightyrobot.tv). Soda plans on continuing to release future works of ... more
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