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Elisabeth Saenz
The Elisabeth Agency
918 West Avenue G.
Garland, TX 75040
Phone: 214 703 8408
Elisabeth@elisabethagency.com
http://www.elisabethagency.com/index.html

Bill Thompson
Briarwood Writers’ Alliance
61 Briarwood Circle
Needham Heights, MA 02494-1829
Telephone 781-449-7638
No email or website

Briarwood represents about 150 poets and writers for children, young adults and adults. They represent only those writers whose books are taught in college curriculums.

Debbie Hochman Turvey
38 Headley Place
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Telephone 973-313-0843
Email info@visitingauthors.com
http://www.visitingauthors.com
This site features about 25 authors, providing author photos, bios, information on their presentations, honorariums, equipment needs, details about their books and awards, and also includes tips on planning a successful author visit. Books for author visits can be ordered directly through this site, which offers a 20% discount and free shipping.

 

Winding Oak

Janet Zade
Zade Educational Partners
Hingham, MA 02043
Telephone 781.749.2733
fax: 781-749-5507
news4jaz@aol.com
http://www.authors4kids.com

AUTHORS AND ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR APPEARANCES
Section Two – Author Appearance Coordinators at Publishing Houses:

Boyds Mills Press
815 Church St.
Honesdale, PA 18431
Allison Luhrs
(p) 570-251-4509
(f) 570-253-0179

Candlewick Press
2067 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
Laura Feczko (p) 617/588-4466
(f) 617/575-4466

Clarion Books
215 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003

Farrar Straus Giroux
19 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003
Author Appearance Inquiry, Children’s Marketing Dept.
(p) 212/741-6900, ext. 242

Front Street
862 Haywood Rd. Asheville, NC 28801
Nancy Hogan, Assoc. Publisher
(p) (828) 236-5940 (f) (828) 236-5935

Harcourt Children's Books
525 B St., Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495
Kia Neri Author Promotions Manager
619-699-6534

HarperCollins
1350 Ave. Americas
New York, NY 10019
Lillie Walsh,

tel 212-261-6644,

email authorvisits@harpercollins.com

Henry Holt and Co.
115 West 18th St.
New York, NY 10011
Tim Jones
(p) 212-886-9215

Holiday House
425 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel 212-688-0085
Fax 212-421-6134
Kathleen Morandini

Hyperion Books for Young Readers
Disney Juvenile Publishing
114 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
212 633 4400 gen tel

Lisa McClatchy
614 312 1230
HyperionVisits@aol.com

Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books
99 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, NY 10591-9001
For author visits, see www.BalkinBuddies.com

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Maupin House Publishing, Inc.
2416 NW 71st Place
Gainesville, FL 32653
Phone: (800) 524-0634
Fax: (352) 373-5546
Contact: Emily Gorovsky
Email: egorovsky@maupinhouse.com

Kenyette Kilpatrick
Peachtree Publishers
1700 Chattahoochee Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30318
(p) 404-876-8761, ext. 111
(f) 404-875-2578

Penguin Group
345 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014
Two contacts:

Emily Heddleson

Author Appearance Coordinator

212 414 3708

emily.heddleson@us.penguingroup.com

and 

Helen Chin
Author Appearances Coordinator at
“young readers”

Random House Children's Books
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Lisa McClatchy
(p) 212-782-9369

Scholastic Inc.
557 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-3999
Stephanie Nooney
(p) 212/389-3772

Simon & Schuster Children's
1230 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Jodie Cohen
(p) 212/698-7432
(f) 212/698-4350

Walker Books
104 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
Beth Eller

beller@walkerbooks.com
(emails preferred)

• McBookwords: Authors and Illustrators on the Web http://www.mcelmeel.com/curriculum/authorlinks.htmlLinks to more than 300 author and illustrator sites that are generated by the author/illustrator him or herself or in some cases by an individual fan of the author/illustrator's work.
• Browse the CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center)/University of Wisconsin-School of Education’s Directory of Wisconsin Children's Book Creators at www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/. This online Directory features contact and program information from more than 60 authors and illustrators living in Wisconsin and willing to make appearances at schools and libraries. The online Directory enables authors and illustrators to add entries or update their information at any time. Visitors to the CCBC site can browse the Directory, or search by name or Wisconsin city/county.
• http://www.superkidz.com/authors.html: Barbe Kilroy designed this site for those who wish to write to their favorite authors. “We have written to these authors, and all of them have written back to the students, “says Ms. Kilroy, “usually sending a little note, bookmark, bookplate, or one letter that you can copy.”
• http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html: Created by David K. Brown, Director, Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, the Children’s Literature Web Guide offers links to author websites as well as websites on literary figures from the past, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll.

DR. RAYMOND W. BARBER
Director of Libraries
The William Penn Charter School
3000 West School House Lane
Philadelphia, PA. 19144
Phone (office): 215-844-3460 x168
Phone (cell): 215-850-6678
Phone (home): 215-843-4024
Fax: 215-844-5537
Email: rbarber@penncharter.com
Subjects of special interest:
-Best Books of the Year
-Newbery and Printz Committees

PATTY CAMPBELL
1842 Santa Margarita Drive
Fallbrook, CA 92028
760 723-6184
shorecam@aol.com
Will do up to four hours a day
Western U.S. only
Adults only
Honorarium: one-hour speech – $600 plus expenses
Half-day (four hour) workshop – $1500 plus expenses

MICHAEL CART
5980 Dandridge Lane, #228
San Diego, CA 92115
Phone: 619-286-1156
Email: mrmcart@sbcglobal.net
Honorarium: $1,000 to 1,500 per day, plus expenses, depending on how many presentations folks want.
He can give up to but no more than three presentations a day (the visits should be close together).
Normally he speaks to adult audiences but will consider high school classes as well.
He is willing to travel throughout the U.S. and Canada.

TERRY DAVIS
Professor of Narrative Writing and Theory
Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001
E-mail: terry.davis@mnsu.edu Web site: www.terrydavis.net
Honorarium: $1,000 a day plus expenses; negotiable, of course, depending on length of event.

WENDY GLENN
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Neag School of Education
249 Glenbrook Road Storrs, CT 06269-2033
wendy.glenn@uconn.edu
Phone: (860) 486-0246
Honorarium: Generally $500-$1000 for a day.

Topics: Justifying the use of Young Adult literature in the Classroom; Dealing with Censorship and Young Adult literature; Using Young Adult literature to Enhance Writing Instruction; Applying Literary Lenses to Young Adult Texts; Using Young Adult literature as a Bridge to Other Texts, especially in the Creation of Interdisciplinary Units.

 

ANN GONZALEZ

205 NW 60th St.

Seattle, WA 98107

Phone: 206-781-5217

Fax: 206-781-5217

Email: ann_e_gonzalez@hotmail.com

 

Website: www.anngonzalez.com

Honorarium: $100.00 for a half-day, $200.00 for a full-day (for talks within 50 miles). Add travel/hotel expenses for talks outside 50 mile radius.

Talks about what makes a story/essay effective; publishing venues open to teens; encourages young writers to nourish the writer within at a young age. Also discusses how to write compelling YA fiction.

 

Also talks about her YA novel, Running for My Life, and how her experience growing up with a schizophrenic mother made her want to write a book encouraging teens to consider counseling.

 

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JUDY GREGERSON
9010 35th Avenue SE
Everett, WA 98208
Tel & fax 425-337-7126 (call before faxing)
Email: Judy@judygregerson.com
http://www.judygregerson.com
Author of Bad Girls Club and Save Me! A Young Woman’s Journey through Schizophrenia to Health.
Speaks in schools and to at-risk teen groups. (Middle and High School) Honorarium:  for 3 programs, $650 a day in Pacific Northwest + travel. Half day (2 sessions):  $475 + travel. Out of area (U.S.): $695 per day + travel. Programs:  Me? A Writer? You have to be joking! (ins and outs of what it takes to become an author). Edit My Work? (students create story as a group, then learn editing and revising).

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JOAN F. KAYWELL, Ph.D.
Professor of English EducationCollege of Education
162University of South Florida
4202 E Fowler
AvenueTampa, FL  33620-5650
Phone:  813-974-3516
Fax:  813-974-3837
Email: Kaywell@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
www.kaywell.org

Author of  “Adolescents At Risk: A Guide to Fiction & Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and Professionals.” Best known for “Adolescent Literature As a Complement to the Classics” (4 volumes) and ”Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope With ___ Issues” (6 volumes). Area of expertise:  promoting literacy for teenagers who are both illiterate and in pain.

Honorarium: $1200, plus expenses; negotiable depending upon location and length/day of event.

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TERI LESESNE
P.O. Box 2236
Huntsville, TX  77341-2236 Email: lis_tsl@shsu.edu (note there is an underscore between lis and tsl)
Email: tsl@consolidated.net
Blogsite: www.shsu.edu/~www_tsl
Website: http://www.professornana.com

Honorarium is $1500 per day, plus expenses; negotiable depending on location, length/day of event, number of presentations, etc.

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VANESSA J. MORRIS, M.S.L.S., Ed.D . (in progress)
5378 Magnolia Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: 267-323-5053
Email: morris.vj@gmail.com (best mode of contact)Website: www.vanessajmorris.comHonorarium: $500 plus expenses, per presentation/workshop; $300 for panels (negotiable) plus expenses (non-negotiable)Topics of interest:
Urban fiction – its history, evolution, literary elements
Reading and literacy practices of urban teens
Library programming for urban teens
Cultural competency in librarianship

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Rebecca O'Connell
272 46th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Phone: (412) 683-8796
Email: anatidaeling@hotmail.com and rebeccatova@comcast.net Senior Children’s Librarian at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Instructor at the Institute of Children’s Literature, and as of Fall 2005 teaches Young Adult Literature in the MFA program at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA.   She is also the author of the picture book, The Baby Goes Beep (a Charlotte Zolotow Honor book) as well as the young adult novel, Myrtle of Willendorf.Honorarium: Negotiable depending on location, length/day of event, number of presentations, etc.

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RICHIE PARTINGTON
Richie's Picks
97706 O'Connell Rd.
Sebastopol, CA 95472-9014
BudNotBuddy@aol.com Honorarium: $100 plus expenses, but this is negotiableSubjects/Programs: For more information, got to: richiespicks.com.

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JANETTE RALLISON
1082 E Canyon Way
Chandler, AZ 85249
tel. 480 883 8766
email rallison1@cox.net
website JanetteRallison.com

Honorarium: Full day (four 45-60 min. sessions): Phoenix, AZ $500/elsewhere in AZ $750 + expenses/outside AZ $1,000 + expenses//Half day (two 45-60 min. sessions): Phoenix, AZ $250/elsewhere in AZ $400 + expenses/outside AZ $700 + expenses//For just one session (45-60 min.): Phoenix, AZ $200/elsewhere in AZ $300 + expenses/outside AZ $700 + expenses.

Programs: Plot Workshops: Children will understand what elements make up a plot and create one of their own. Creativity workshops: Teaches brainstorming techniques, and the children will work on creating a story. Becoming a Writer Program: (for older children and adults interested in writing): Learn common mistakes and how to avoid them.

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MARILYN REYNOLDS
2125 Promontory Point
Lane Gold River, CA 95670
916-635-5995
mmreynolds@earthlink.net Honorarium: First day (5 hours or less): $1,000 with additional $150 for trips over 4 hours travel time; First day (5 to 7 hours): $1,200 with additional $150 for trips over 4 hours travel time; Each consecutive day in the same area: $800; Five consecutive days in the same are: $4,000 and will waive the $150 extra travel fee). Travel, lodging, printing and shipping expenses are in addition to the honorarium. For a 15-page handbook including reproducible graphic organizers and an up-to-date list of books of interest to reluctant teen readers, add $12 per participant.Number of sessions per day: Generally four presentations at schools and up to seven hours for teacher workshops.Audience Preference: both teens and adults.Subjects: Talks about the writing process, her own books specifically or YA literature in general, and the pleasures and pitfalls of getting published. Has 25 years of experience working with reluctant high school learners, so she talks about this subject with educators and/or parents. In conference presentations, she sometimes talks about meeting the challenge of censorship, teaching respect for diversity through YA literature, and presents a booklist of new, tried and true books for reluctant readers.Travel restrictions: None. She?s willing to travel anywhere in the U.S. as well as overseas, depending on the situation.

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LOTTIE WAGGONER
Title: English department chairperson (Northfield HS), doctorate student (Indiana University)
Address: 66 LaSalle Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992
Tel. number: 260.569.0577
Email: Waggonerl@msdwc.k12.in.us Sessions per day: Willing to do one session per day but no more than three a day.Honorarium per session:  $100. Will travel throughout U.S. with all expenses paid by the organization sponsoring the event.Topics: Her primary focus is YAL to combat bullying and create mind sets for social justice.