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This edition of NEW VOICES featured author Candie Moonshower, author of THE LEGEND OF ZOEY (Delacorte).  Candie is an Army brat who taught herself to type the summer she turned eight, knowing even then that she would write. Writers type. She saw it on TV, so it had to be true! {mosimage} Now a graduate student [...]

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This edition of New Voices features Alan Gratz, author of Samurai Shortstop from Dial. About Alan (from his website): "Alan Gratz was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the 1982 World's Fair. After enjoying a carefree but humid childhood, Alan attended the University of Tennessee, where he earned a College Scholars degree with [...]

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This installment of New Voices is an interview with author Tanya Lee Stone, whose debut novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, was recently published by Random House/Wendy Lamb Books to excellent reviews.  Tanya’s presence on the web can be felt at  www.tanyastone.com and on her blog at tanyaleestone.livejournal.com .
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Cara Lockwood is the author of Wuthering High, a "classic" novel published by MTV Books.  
Can you describe WUTHERING HIGH for our readers?Wuthering High is the story of a haunted boarding school called Bard Academy. The ghosts are no ordinary ghosts, and while I don't want to spoil the ending, I will say that [...]

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This NEW VOICES column features author Cara Haycak, author of RED PALMS. It is Cara's first novel, published in November 2004 by Wendy Lamb Books. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.
ALAN Online: Can you describe RED PALMS for our readers?
The book is narrated by fourteen-year-old Benita Mariah, whose family moves to Paíta Island off the [...]

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