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Instructors Workshop July 9-13, 2012
The next book scheduled for publication is Octopi!
His book, A Tugging String, is winner of the Oregon Spirit Award. The Great School Lunch Rebellion is winner of a Children's Choice Award. Although he has written a novel, David specializes in picture books and sub-specializes in poetry. His books have been translated into French and Korean. He has taught at Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College, and The University of Idaho, among others. He speaks nationally to teachers on writing instruction and visits many schools nationwide to present assemblies and writing workshops. If you wish to contact him personally, his e-mail address is authilus@teleport.com You can also get some useful sense of who he is at the Author's and Illustrators Who Visit Schools website.
Heather's first novel, The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed, won the Oregon Book Award, and she has since written numerous other books for young readers, including The Mother-Daughter Book Club (a Borders Book Club pick), and the Spy Mice series, which has been translated into a number of languages, including, inexplicably, Slovakian. (For some reason this delights Heather no end, despite the fact that she can't read Slovakian.)
Pies & Prejudice, the latest installment in her popular Mother-Daughter Book Club series, is poised for publication this fall, as is Babyberry Pie, Heather's first picture book. Much as she loves pie, she is relieved to report that her work extends beyond pie-related stories to include historical fiction, fantasy, and contemporary realism, and has been honored both nationally and internationally. Heather has four more books slated for publication in 2011, two novels and two more picture books, all from Simon & Schuster.
In her talks during the workshop, she will tell you how to put together a novel — not just any novel, but a best seller that will make you millions, land you on all the news talk shows, and ensure that you will never have to write another word again. If that doesn't work, she will at least outline the basics of good plotting and strong characterization that will make your novel appealing to young people — and hopefully saleable. (But then you're on your own for getting your wardrobe ready for the TV interviews.)
The media has called MARSHA DIANE ARNOLD a "born storyteller" and a "magician of literary innovations." Her literary pathway began with the much-loved, award-winning newspaper column "homegrown treasures." Soon Marsha was writing for kids' magazines and in 1995 came her first book, Heart of a Tiger, for which she won the Ridgway Award for Best First Book by a New Author.
Other awards include Smithsonian Notable Book for The Pumpkin Runner, Junior Library Guild Selection, IRA Distinguished Book, and state Children's Choice awards for Heart of a Tiger, Kansas State Library's 150 "Best" Books for The Bravest of Us All, Notable Social Studies Book for The Chicken Salad Club, and a Family Choice
Marsha enjoys visiting schools internationally, nationally, and through Skype, sharing her love of books and writing through presentations and writing "funshops". Highlights from some of her visits can be found at her Story Magician blog. She's often a speaker at writing conferences and young author festivals (California Reading Association, Reading the World, California State Library Association, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and
When not creating imaginative worlds and wacky characters at her home in northern California, Marsha enjoys traveling the world, scuba diving, and (like her characters) always trying new things. To learn more about Marsha's books or to contact her, visit Marsha's website.
RUTH TENZER FELDMAN brings a host of experience to her books and articles for children and young adults. She's also earned her keep as an attorney, editor, research analyst, ticket seller, and keypunch operator. Her 10 nonfiction books focus on history and biography, while her articles range from leeches to Einstein's refrigerator. Recently she's been stretching the truth.
Blue Thread (Ooligan, 2012), Ruth's historical fiction/fantasy for young adults, is based on Oregon's woman suffrage campaign in 1912 and entwines the struggles of two teen girls across the millennia. The book has met with high praise from Newbery award winner Karen Cushman, who writes:
Written evidence of Ruth's creativity first appeared in her second-grade report on the human eye — written from the eye's point of view. Perspective has influenced her writing ever since. During more than three decades of professional writing, she has enjoyed the challenges of writing just about anything for just about anybody. As a legislative attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Ruth drafted bills and ghostwrote documents from the often-opposing perspectives of presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton (besides learning a bunch about education!). As a freelance writer and editor for clients in the Washington, D.C., area, Ruth worked on a wide range of projects, including newsletters for AARP, a fair housing guide for the National Association of Realtors, a book on international business law, and an art guide for children.
Booklist gave Don't Whistle in School: The History of America's Public Schools a starred review, calling the book "a captivating history... with plenty of muscle." Ruth's latest nonfiction book,
Ruth has fun with words and was totally delighted when National Public Radio aired her food-filled parody of the French national anthem. She also takes words seriously as a hard-working member of the writer's critique group Viva Scriva. Ruth balances her latest long-term project — the sequel to Blue Thread — with writing a monthly health column for teens in the science magazine, Odyssey. Learn more about Ruth at her website.
Christy edits a diverse list of trade and licensed books in a wide range of formats: board, novelty, picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books. She was recently the editor of Ron Roy's Calendar Mysteries and A to Z Mysteries Super Edition series, and the Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection series of novelty books. She
Outside of children's books, Christy's interests include singing, playing ukulele, drawing, watching TV, and reading tons of books, comics, and blogs. She is also the self-proclaimed Greatest Athlete in the World, having recently taken up jogging. She even climbed Mt. Katahdin in Northern Maine last summer, which was very scary and awesome.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rachel graduated from Kenyon College, located in the tiny village of Gambier, Ohio. There she worked as a student associate for
Rachel now lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with her husband and two young children. She has no spare time — but, if she did, she would spend it dancing, running and reading, of course. |
Inquiries about Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop
DAVID GREENBERG author of illustrated, humorous picture books from Bantam, Little Brown, Farrar Straus Giroux, and Dutton (which has also published his first novel).
