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Spotlight on The VanRipers
Gary and Justin VanRiper are a father and son writing team residing in Camden, New York of the Tug Hill region along with cats, Socks and...
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Spotlight on Cynthia DeFelice
Cynthia DeFelice is an award –winning author who has written more than 30 books. Some of her newest one are Fort, Nellie May Has Her Say,...
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Spotlight on Jerry Pallotta
Jerry Pallotta lives in Massachusetts with his wife. They have four children. At the age of 32 he wrote his first alphabet book about the...
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Spotlight on Julie Berry
Julie Berry writes for Middle School readers and YA. She has written the Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys, All the Truth That’s In Me,...
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Spotlight on Suzanne Bloom
Suzanne Bloom has lived in NYS since she was 5 but was born in Portland, Or. She likes to include bits from her life in her books such as...
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Spotlight on Rebecca Donnelly
Rebecca Donnelly lives in upstate NY where she writes and runs a small rural library. She was born in England and has lived in CA, FLA,...
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Author Spotlight and Q&A with Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock’s books have won many awards. Her love for history and period costume has led to such books as The Fantastic Drawings...
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Author Spotlight and Q&A with Sarah Albee
Sarah Albee writes children's books for many age groups and under a number of pseudonyms. She has had three of her books appear on the...
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Author Spotlight and Q&A with Katie Bayerl
Katie Bayerl lives in Boston. Her first book for teens is A Psalm for Lost Girls. She teches classes for teens and leads a Young Writers...
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Author Spotlight and Q&A with Rafe Martin
Rafe Martin is a storyteller and author of over 20 books. He likes to share his works with all ages from kindergarten through college and...