ALAN Online offers its readers a list of authors and speakers who are available for appearances—school visits, library visits, readings, conferences, etc. The information below is divided into three general categories: Agencies that represent speakers for visits; book publishers who coordinate author visits and publicity; and individuals who handle their own bookings. If you have questions regarding the Speakers Bureau, please contact Catherine Balkin at BalkinBuddies@aol.com
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR APPEARANCES
Section One – Author Appearance Coordinators who handle numerous authors and artists:
Catherine Balkin
209 Lincoln Place, Suite 2C
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone 718 857 7605
Email BalkinBuddies@aol.com
http://www.BalkinBuddies.com
This site features 70-100 authors, providing author photos, author bios, honorariums, information on their presentations, equipment needs, references, information about their books including awards, details about how to order their books, and comments from teachers where the authors have visited. Information on author tours is provided for schools or libraries who wish to arrange tie-in visits and thus cut down on expenses. Authors are also organized by states of residence and grade levels of their books. Tips for organizing a successful author event, and details about the cost involved in arranging an author appearance are included. On every author’s book ordering page, there is a link showing which publisher owns which publisher to help with the book ordering process.
Toni Buzzeo
tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/visits.html
Toni Buzzeo’s site features about 70 authors. This site provides sample contracts, links to online articles, online visit resources, online visit opportunities, information about other booking agents. There’s also a bio of Toni Buzzeo and information about her own published books, including Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers: Real Space and Virtual Links by Toni Buzzeo and Jane Kurtz. Authors are listed by state of residence and there are links to author websites.
Grace Cleary
IllustratorAuthor.com
This site features about 30 authors and illustrators and offers information in a variety of ways, including providing biographical information, published books, descriptions of author presentations, number of presentations preferred, audio/visual equipment requirements, honorariums, and links to author websites, and other contact information.
Jean Dayton
Dayton Bookings
4731 Lily Avenue North
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
telephone 651 439 0737
email jean@daytonbookings.com
http://www.daytonbookings.com
Dayton Bookings handles author visits for about 25 authors and links to author websites for most of them. All of their authors are available for school, conference and library bookings. Honorariums are listed on the website. Dayton Bookings provides promotional materials for their authors, along with ordering information for available books, and offers tips for planning a visit.
Sue DeFabis
SchoolBookings.com a division of Five Star Publications, Inc.
PO Box 6698
Chandler, AZ 85246-6698
(480) 940-8182
Fax (480) 940-8787
info@SchoolBookings.com
www.SchoolBookings.com
Description: Persuading great authors to visit their schools has always been a challenge for educators, yet there are many excellent authors who’d love to speak to schoolchildren if given the opportunity. We bridge that gap, providing educators a database of authors eager to do book signings and presentations.
The Children’s Book Guild
Washington, DC
email: theguild@childrensbookguild.org
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/speakersbureau.htm
The Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C. is a professional organization of published authors and illustrators, and specialists in children’s literature. Their speakers’ list includes those members of the Guild who are willing to set up speaking engagements both in their home locations or out of town. Fees, books, availability, some presentation details, links to author pages where available, and author contact information are provided.
Dave Greenberg
Authors and Illustrators who Visit Schools (AIVS)
telephone 503 297 8136
fax 503 297 8141
email authilus@teleport.com or AIVS@authorsillustrators.com
http://www.authorsillustrators.com
The Authors and Illustrators who Visit Schools (AIVS) website represents twenty authors-illustrators who are devoted to dual arts: writing/illustrating and presenting programs to kids. This site provides information on each author’s books, awards, honorariums, presentation information, equipment needs, biographical data, references, and author contact information, including a link to each author’s website, if available.
Sharron L. McElmeel
3000 N. Center Point Rd.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-9548
Telephone 319 393 2562
Email mcelmeel@mcelmeel.com
http://www.mcelmeel.com/bookauthor
Sharron McElmeel’s McBookworks web page features links to about a dozen authors/illustrators that regularly make author appearances. The site provides information about the programs, sometimes very detailed information, links to the authors’ websites, information on who to contact to book the author visit for each author, photos, some downloadable promotional items (depending on the author), and other information. Ms. McElmeel has written an excellent book about how to have a successful author appearance, and book ordering details for The ABCs of an Author/Illustrator Visit is also provided on this site.
Paul Oughton
Author Illustrator Source
1220 Gainesway Dr.
Lexington, KY 40517
Telephone: (859) 272-9828
wpauloughton@alltel.net
http://www.author-illustr-source.comThis site features an alphabetical list of authors and artists in various national, international, and regional sections. The regional sections include the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, the West, the Pacific, and the Virgin Islands. The list provides biographical information, published books, descriptions of author presentations, number of presentations preferred, audio-visual equipment required, and honorariums, and links to author websites or other information on how to contact them.
Bill Thompson
Briarwood Writers’ Alliance
61 Briarwood Circle
Needham Heights, MA 02494-1829
Telephone 781-449-7638
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
53 Mountain Avenue
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Telephone 973-313-0843Website: http://www.visitingauthors.com
Email info@visitingauthors.com
This site features 10 to 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
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Email: booking@windingoak.com
Website: www.windingoak.com
The services at Winding Oak focus on arranging author appearances at schools, conferences, and book festivals for 25 topnotch authors and illustrators. Honoraria, presentation descriptions, and book lists are available on their website for each author.
Janet Zade
Zade Educational Partners
Hingham, MA 02043
Telephone 781.749.2733
fax: 781-749-5507
news4jaz@aol.com
http://www.authors4kids.comThis site features seven to ten authors, providing links to author websites, tips for organizing a successful author event, and comments from teachers where the authors have visited.
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR APPEARANCES
Section Two – Author Appearance Coordinators at Publishing Houses:
Boyds Mills Press
815 Church St.
Honesdale, PA 18431
(includes Front Street)
Kent L. Brown
(p) 570-251-4557
(f) 570-253-0179
kentlbrown@aol.com
Bloomsbury/Walker Books
104 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
Beth Eller
beller@bloomsburyusa.com
Candlewick Press
99 Dover St.
Somerville, MA 02144
Laura Feczko (p) 617/588-4466
(f) 617/575-4466
Clarion Books
215 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
Marjorie Naughton
(p) 212/420-5883
(f) 212/420-5855
marjori_naughton@hmco.com
Chronicle Books
Children’s Events
680 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-537-4296
Jessica_Levy@chroniclebooks.com
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
2140 Oak Industrial Dr NE
Grand Rapids MI 49505
Lara Sissell, Publicist
direct line: 616-234-0548
toll free: 800-253-7521
publicity@eerdmans.com
Farrar Straus Giroux
18 West 18th St.
New York, NY 10011
Author Appearance Inquiry, Children’s Marketing Dept.
(p) 212-741-6900 ext.242
Feiwel and Friends
175 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
elizabeth.fithian@macmillan.com
(p) 646-307-5696
HarperCollins
1350 Ave. Americas
New York, NY 10019
email authorvisits@harpercollins.com
Henry Holt and Co.
115 West 18th St.
New York, NY 10011
Tim Jones
(p) 212-886-9215
tim.jones@hholt.com
Holiday House
425 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel 212-688-0085
Fax 212-421-6134
Kathleen Morandini
marketing@holidayhouse.com
Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt Children’s Book Group
Massachusetts
Nadya Guerrero-Pezzano
Phone: 617-351-5968
Email: nadya.guerrero-pezzano@hmhpub.com
Hyperion Books for Young Readers
Disney Juvenile Publishing
44 South Broadway
White Plains, NY 10601
914 288 4100 general telephone
614 312 1230 Lisa McClatchy (call her first)
HyperionVisits@aol.com
Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books
99 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, NY 10591-9001
For author visits, see www.BalkinBuddies.com
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
Peachtree Publishers
1700 Chattahoochee Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30318
Kenyette Kilpatrick
(p) 404-876-8761, ext. 111
(f) 404-875-2578
Kenyette@peachtree-online.com
Penguin Group
345 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014
Two contacts:
Emily Heddleson
Author Appearance Coordinator
P) 212 414 3708
emily.heddleson@us.penguingroup.com
Helen Chin
Author Appearances Coordinator at
www.penguinputnam.com and choose “young readers.”
Random House Children’s Books
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Lisa McClatchy
(p) 212-782-9369
liske@aol.com
Scholastic Inc.
557 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-3999
Stephanie Nooney
(p) 212/389-3772
snooney@scholastic.com
Simon & Schuster Children’s
1230 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
author.appearances@simonschuster.com
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR APPEARANCES
Section Three – Authors and Artists’ Websites:
• McBookwords: Authors and Illustrators on the Web
http://www.mcbookwords.com – email sharron@mcbookwords.com. Links to a number of 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 are provided, as is a great deal of other information on children’s book authors, illustrators, and their 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.
TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AVAILABLE AS GUEST SPEAKERS
Section Four:
SHEILA B. ANDERSON
201 Millcreek Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Title and Library address: Director, Dover Public Library, 45 South State St., Dover, DE 19901
Phone: 302 736 7032
E-mail: sanderso@lib.de.us
Web site: www.sheilabanderson.com
Honorarium: $500 plus expenses; negotiable depending upon location and length/day of event
ALMA ALEXANDER
506 Sudden Valley
Bellingham, WA 98229
telephone & fax 360 752 1927 (call before faxing)
www.AlmaAlexander.com
www.WorldWeaversWeb.com
Honorarium: Assembly address/talk/lecture: $160.00 + exp. Workshop: $375.00 + exp.
Full Day (assembly talk and two workshops: $925.00 + exp.
Programs: Assembly: 30-50 min. talk based on writing in general and fantasy writing in particular. Or 2 hour fantasy writing workshop for teens.
Books: The YA Worldweavers series.
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
Honorarium: $100 plus expenses
Subjects of special interest:
-Best Books of the Year
-Newbery and Printz Committees
Tracy Barrett
P.O. Box 120061
Nashville, TN 37212
(615)297-1667
tracytbarrett@yahoo.com
www.tracybarrett.com
Honorarium: $400 half day, $700 full day, plus expenses.
Presentations: Winner of the 2005 General Work-in-Progress Grant from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, this author of 13 books for children (and 1 for adults) offers a variety of presentations.
Wanda Brinda
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
300 Campus Drive
Bradford, PA 16701
wjb27@pitt.edu
Honorarium for presentations: $1,000 plus expenses.
An assistant professor in Secondary Education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, PA, she also maintains Prime Stage Theatre in Pittsburgh.
A nationally recognized theatre dedicated to bringing literature to life for middle and high school students, their families and teachers.
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
A former high school English teacher and wrestling coach, he earned his Master of Fine Arts) Degree at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and has been a college teacher of narrative writing and theory for thirty years. His novels include Vision Quest (an ALA Best Book and a feature film); If Rock and Roll Were a Machine (an ALA Best Book).
Kelly Easton
18 Baldwin Court
Jamestown, RI 02835
(401) 560-0227
eastonka@hotmail.com
www.kellyeaston.com
School Visits: Honorarium: $1,000 per day. $650 for half day, plus travel expenses.
Speeches: $600
The author of several award winning novels for children and young adults, most recently: WHITE MAGIC; HIROSHIMA DREAMS; AFTERSHOCK; and TROUBLE AT BETTS PETS. Awards include a Golden Kite Honor Award, and a Julia Ward Howe Honor. She teaches at the University of Rhode Island, and running Creative Writing Programs for kids. Talks about writing, Buddhism, growing up with mental illness, parenting, inspirational, using theater and writing in therapy, literature, children’s literature, and teaching.
KATHRYN ERSKINE
1016 Blackburn Bluff, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone: 434-973-9817
Email: kathy@quakinglion.com
Website: http://www.kathrynerskine.com
Honorarium: $100 for 1 presentation / speech; up to $300 for the day
No. of Presentations: up to 4 per day (no more than 5 hours straight)
Audience: YA, adult, or both
Subjects: anything about writing. Her novel, QUAKING, is a “Top Ten” on the ALA’s 2008 List of “Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.”
Travel: Up to 400 miles from Charlottesville but could be anywhere if she happens to be there on a trip.
HELEN FROST
6108 Old Brook Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46835
(260) 485-1785 (phone and fax; call prior to sending a fax)
info@helenfrost.net
http://www.helenfrost.com
Books include Keesha’s House (YA), The Braid (YA), Diamond Willow (gr 4-8), Spinning through the Universe (gr 4-8).
Honorarium: This is negotiable depending on circumstances, location, and other factors.
Programs: Has separate presentation for each book, which is most effective if students have read the book prior to the visit. Can also do a general presentation about writing, drawing on all her books. Either program works well with a large audience. For a single class, she talks about writing and/or leads a writing exercise. Also has a presentation for teachers, related to her book, When I Whisper, Nobody Listens: Helping Young People Write about Difficult Issues.
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 Unit
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.
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).
VALERIE HOBBS
69 Skyline Circle
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-966-4292
valhobbs@cox.net
www.valeriehobbs.com
Honorarium: $800 for full day, plus travel expenses
Programs: Presentations and/or worshops for writers of all ages given by award-winning author of novels for young people and adults. National Writing Project author has 30+ years of teaching experience adn comes highly recommended by teachers, librarians, and writers.
JOAN F. KAYWELL, Ph.D.
Professor of English EducationCollege of Education
162 University of South Florida
4202 E FowlerAvenue Tampa, 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.
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: http://www.bookmoot.com/2005/02/dr-teri-lesesne-has-blog.html
Website: http://www.professornana.com
Honorarium is $1500 per day, plus expenses; negotiable depending on location, length/day of event, number of presentations, etc.
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: http://www.vanessajmorris.com
Honorarium: $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
Rebecca O’Connell
272 46th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Phone: (412) 683-8796
Email: anatidaeling@hotmail.com
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.
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, go to: richiespicks.com.
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.
Lois Ruby
8223 Grape View Ct. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 81722
Phone: (505) 293-5478
Email: loisruby@comcast.net
Website: www.loisruby.com
Honorarium $750.00 + travel, lodging, and meals. For School visits: 4 presentations per day.
Programs: (1) Interactive author chats with students 4th grade through college. (2) Presentations and in-service workshops for teachers and librarians on using historical ficition and multicutural literature in schools; censorship issues; and “Literature of Resistance and Resilience.” (3) Creative writing workshops for children 4th grade and up, and adults.
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.
Dr. Lois Stover
Chair and Professor- Educational Studies
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
18952 E. Fisher Road
St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
240-895-2187
ltstover@smcm.edu
http://www.smcm.edu/educationstudies/faculty_and_staff/index.htm
Honorarium: $200.00/day plus expenses.
Presentations on multicultural young adult literature, nonfiction in the classroom, the place of young adult literature in the secondary literacy/reading program, and the role of young adult literature in interdisciplinary teaching.
DEB VANASSE
PO Box 222451
Anchorage, AK 99522
(907) 388-9303
School visits: $500 per day for up to five hours per day, plus travel expenses.
Award-winning, twenty-year former teacher and author of ten books for children, young adults and adults. Available for single or multi-day workshops, classroom presentations, book talks, and speeches. Topics include Jumpstart Your Writing, Finding Your Voice, Revision Bootcamp, Teacher as Writer, and Writing from Life; will also design custom workshops and programs. High marks from participants for enthusiastic, meaningful presentations.
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.