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SUSAN AMESSE
Author of "Kissing Brendan Callahan", Susan Amessé grew up on Staten Island where she still lives with her husband, Tom. When not writing, she likes to pursue her creativity in dance, travel, gardening, decorating, planning special events and thinking about someday learning how to play the dulcimer. This is her first book.
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TRACEY BAPTISTE
Tracey Baptiste used her unique background to write Angel Grace. She was born in Trinidad and moved to Brooklyn at the age of fifteen.She received a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Elementary Education from New York University. She taught for six years in New York and New Jersey, then left the profession to work for an educational publisher in New York City. Tracey lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children
Visit Tracey's website - www.traceybaptiste.com
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ELIZABETH BERGER, MD
Elizabeth Berger, M.D. is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist with thirty years' experience treating children and families in community settings, hospitals, and private practice. She has been on the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and of the Northwestern University Medical School, and is a member of the nationally-known "Commission on Children At Risk." Dr. Berger has appeared in numerous panels and public forums, as well as on radio and television, addressing parents' concerns about their children. She lives with her husband in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; they have two adult children.
Visit Dr. Elizabeth Berger's website - www.parentingbyheart.com
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CATHERINE AND PETER BOYCE
For 19 years, Catherine (a.k.a. “Spiffy”) has served as a Summer Camp Director for Girl Scout Camps in Florida, Texas, and New Jersey. She also coordinates Victorian children’s birthdays, bridal, and specialty “tea events” in their 1888 home, “The Pines of Millville.”
Peter owns Delmont Sawmill. When is not out logging or milling, Peter writes poetry. Originally from New York City, he is often called, “da Bobby Burns of da Bronx.” At an international competition of 1,800 poets, Peter won second place with his love poem to Catherine, “A Man’s A Man Fer All Dat.”
Visit Catherine's and Peter's Website - www.semperstudiosus.com
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JEN BRYANT
Author of The Trial, Georgia's Bones and Music For the End of Time
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E.J. CROW
EJCrow says, "Just who is EJCrow? Nobody knows for sure – even me and I’M HIM! Name dropping aside, I do know that I am an agent of The Fantastic Society of Peculiar Adventurers and now AUTHOR! That’s right, when I’m not on an expedition for The Society I’m hard at work documenting my horrendous adventures! My latest book is entitled THE EYE POCKET. The book offers a strong father–son relationship, filled with smart humor, magic, and real science. It's a witty, action-packed story that inspires young dreamers to look for the excitement beneath the surface.
Here is Crow running for dear life. The animal behind him was preparing to attack, Crow claimed, which is why he had no choice but to enact his ‘Me First’ policy and knock over the photographer.
Mr. Crow has conducted research on Tanzania’s anti-poaching efforts for his M.A. in International Studies. A field agent for The Fantastic Society of Peculiar Adventurers, Crow divides his time between Pleasant Hill, California, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Novgorod, Russia; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Lake Oswego, Oregon. He is available for school presentations worldwide, FREE OF CHARGE, but asks for travel reimbursement and offering his book for sale and signing.
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STEPHEN J. CUTLER AND JODI CUTLER DEL DOTTORE
Stephen tells everyone, "Dream it, Believe it, Work it, Achieve it." His new book "RALLY CAPS", which he has co-authored with his daughter Jodi, re-enforces that sentiment. Stephen is originally from Baltimore, MD, where he developed a love for baseball and the Baltimore Orioles. Cal Ripken, Jr. was and is his idol and a big inspiration for writing the book with Jodi. Steve drew on an unfortuante childhood baseball accident and a camp that his visted every summer to create the bones of the book. Jodi put the flesh on the bones by adding much of the humor. It is a summer of fun and lessons to be learned for the main character Jordan, when he teams up with a hearing impaired 11 year old boy, named Luca from Italy and the his sister who poses as a boy to get away from the camp across the lake.
In 2001, Steve attended Cal Ripken's Fantasy Baseball Camp and met his idol. His dream came true when he pitched a 7-inning complete game and Cal warmed him up. Steve is now living in West Palm Beach, Flordia, where he spreads his "Nothing is Impossible" attitude.
Jodi is an English teacher and translator and resides in the Tuscan town of Grosseto, Italy with her husband, Luca, and her two children, Sofia and Jordan. Jordan is hearing impaired and wears a cochlear implant.
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JOANN DAHAN
Author of a new children's puppy training book and accompanying DVD "Kids Training Puppies in 5 Minutes" written for ages 5-8 years old. JoAnn Dahan has been breeding training and handling dogs for 15 years. Her trainees have been seen in major motion pictures, on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” Saturday Night Live and in many advertisements and greeting cards.
JoAnn is also the host and executive producer of her own TV show Kids Training Puppies an educational show for families. Kids Training Puppies airs on three cable networks, Comcast, Patriot Media, Service Electric and will soon be airing on RCN starting in April.
Her hope is that children will learn the importance of training and caring for their puppy so that fewer dogs become unwanted.
A resident of Warren County, JoAnn and her family share their home with three Labrador Retrievers, Tilly, Grady and Kevin and one cat, Puss. They also have seven fine chickens.
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JESSE LYNCH FREES
Author of JACKIE WINQUACKEY And Her 43 CATS Go To HOLLYWOOD and award-winning radio host, has interviewed countless guests in her more than 35 years of broadcasting. A mother of three, and grandmother of eight, her stories have delighted family and friends for years.
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SHERRY GARR
Sherry has taken her passion for the envirnoment and combined that with her active imagination and writing skills to create this hilarious rhyming picture book, titled gumfounded. With seven children and five grandchildren she is a writer with many funny ideas for future books.
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JANE KIRKLAND
Jane Kirkland is an award-winning author dedicated to educating our children on the nature that surrounds us such as the birds, trees, butterflies, and dragonflies we can find in our own backyards, schoolyards, and local parks. She works tirelessly, speaking at schools, conferences, and events all over the United States. She keynoted at the Pennsylvania's Governor's Institute for Environmental Educators in 2005, was featured at Disney's Epcot Center, at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, and many National Wildlife Refuges, parks, and events sponsored by environmentally-concerned organizations.
Jane has become a popular spokesperson for the media when it comes to the topic of nature, our children, and their families. She's been featured on Animal Planet TV, interviewed on NPR and quoted in numerous magazines such as Parents, Family Circle, Parenting, and Redbook.
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EILEEN KENNEDY-MOORE
Author of WHAT ABOUT ME? Twelve Ways to Get Your Parents Attention Without Hitting Your Sister and The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends.
Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore is an author, a clinical psychologist, and a mother of four children (ages 4 to 12). Her work focuses on the social and emotional concerns of children and adults. Her approach is both practical and compassionate.
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STEVEN KROLL
Award Winning Author of Over 80 Children's Books
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KAT LINDSEY
Author of Sweet Potato Pie.
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CHRISTINE NORRIS
Christine Norris is a lifelong resident of New Jersey, and the author of Talisman of Zandria, a fantasy novel for middle grade children. She has also written other works for the same age range, and is a subsitute teacher for elementary and middle school. You can read more about Christine and her works by visiting her website.
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DIANNE OCHILTREE
Author of CATS ADD UP!, BART’S AMAZING CHARTS, TEN MONKEY JAMBOREE, PILLOW PUP,
SUNFLOWERS MEASURE UP!, SIXTEEN RUNAWAY PUMPKINS, DON’T CRAMP MY STYLE and
LULLABY, LITTLE ONE, forthcoming in 2006 from G.P. Putnam’s
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Dianne Ochiltree has been writing stories and poems since she was a kid growing up in a small Ohio town. Her childhood was filled with dozens of family pets, and countless well-read books. Today, she shares her enthusiasm for reading and creative writing with students of all ages, in school visits and writing workshops. In addition, she reviews children’s books for THE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE NEWSLETTER, and serves on its advisory board. She is a member of the Rutgers University Council of Children’s Literature, the Garden State Writers critique group, the New Jersey Chapter of SCBWI, Writers Roundtable of Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council, NJ Reading Council and the Northwest Jersey Reading Council. Dianne currently lives in Sparta, New Jersey, with her husband, family and pets: Maine Coon cat, Simon; and Stella, a big yellow dog who is still a puppy at heart.
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SUSAN O'KEEFE
Author of the best-selling counting book ONE HUNGRY MONSTER, and the middle-grade novel DEATH BY EGGPLANT, an IRA/CBC Children's Choice and a DISNEY ADVENTURES Kids' Choice Humor Nominee.
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LIN FONG-O'NEILL
Author of Mommy, Why?, a book teaching children the beauty of diversity.
Lin Fong-O’Neill left her native Hong Kong for America at seventeen. She had a successful career in New York’s JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she was selected as a member of the Diversity Council within a major business sector. She left her corporate career in 2001 to pursue creative writing. Her work has appeared extensively in New York’s Great South Bay Magazine, and New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press. This is her first children’s book. She hopes to pass along her love of different cultures, and to promote unity through diversity.
Lin lives with her husband, Ben, and their two cats, Maxi and Tommy, in Colts Neck, New Jersey. They have three grown children.
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ELENA PAVLOVA
Author of ADVENTURES AT TALL OAKS: NEW FRIENDS.
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KATHYE FETSKO PETRIE
Kathye Fetsko Petrie is the author of the children's picture book, Flying Jack; the founder, editor & publisher of Local LIT; and a Contributing Writer to Writers Notes Magazine. She is also a freelance writer who specializes in writing about books and authors. She holds a degree in both magazine journalism and English from Syracuse University.
Petrie grew up in an aviation-oriented family: Her father, Jack Fetsko, is a pilot, and his love of flying and lessons in optimism were the inspiration for Flying Jack. Real-life elements of the author's childhood further influenced her book, such as when her dad used to land a helicopter in a neighborhood field and take her and some of her six brothers and sisters for a ride. When Petrie visits schools, she brings a slide show showing early family photos and talks about how students can combine fact and fiction to create a great story. This same lecture can be adapted for adults, such as teachers and aspiring writers.
Read more about Kathye Fetsko Petrie
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DAVE ROSS
Dave Ross is an accomplished author and illustrator, his published work includes over thirty children's books. Two of Dave's books, Space Monster and Mr.Terwilligar's Secret, were on the International Association of Reading and Children's Book Council 1982 Children's Choice List.
His most popular work, A Book of Hugs, sold over half a million copies and was featured several times on the Captain Kangaroo television show. He is currently working with Harper Collins Publishers on a multi-book project.
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PHYLLIS SHALANT
Phyllis's award-winning books include Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi, Bartleby of the Big Bad Bayou, and When Pirates Came to Brooklyn. Her soon-to-be-released series, The Society of Secret Superheroes (SSSh!) features a magical mascot that promises to turn ordinary mortals into extraordinary ones.
Phyllis lives in White Plains, NY. She loves meeting and speaking with young readers.
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SHARON SOLOMON
Author of Primary Science Readers' Theatre.
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EILEEN SPINELLI
Award Winning Author - Eileen has published over 40 children's Picture
Books.
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JERRY SPINELLI
Award Winning Author and Newbery Winner for Maniac Magee.
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BETTY TATHAM
Author of Baby Sea Otter, a nonfiction picture book released by Henry Holt in September, 2005 (great reviews by Horn Book, School Library Journal and Kirkus), Betty also wrote the award winning Penguin Chick, a Let’s-Read-and-Find Out Science book published by HarperCollins. A “Best Book of the Year” (Children’s Book Committee, Bank Street College of Education), an “award winning “Outstanding Science.Book K-8 of 2003” (National Science Teachers Association), on the award winning short list of the Children’s Literature Choice List of 2003, “Book of the Month” Governor McGreevey’s Book Club, Editor’s Pick (Early Trumpet Book Club), Penguin Chick was chosen by the Children’s Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association for the national traveling exhibition “Children’s Science Book Fair 2003 (K-12).” It was also published in 2005 in Reading Street for third grade students by Scott Foresman. In addition, Betty is the author of three Franklin Watts Science books, How Animals Communicate, How Animals Play and How Animals Shed Their Skin, published by Scholastic Library, a division of Scholastic, Inc. After directing three YWCAs for a total of 24 years, Betty Tatham retired in 2003 to make writing for children and school visits a full time career. She lives with her husband Win in Holland, PA and they have two children and four grandchildren.
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KATHY TEMEAN
Author of a new children's activity book titled, "HorsePlay". Kathy is the Regional Advisor of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in New Jersey. She has written and illustrated forSprouts Magazine, for Highlights for Children Magazine, Boys’ Quest Magazine, Fun for Kidz Magazine, Guidepost for Kids, Hullabaloo Magazine, Mademoiselle Magazine, Kraft Foods, United Airlines, Knight Ridder and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her “Two Boys with Bear” print won placement in the NYC Art Showcase last year and "Homework Helper" won 2nd Place in the Gloucester County College Art Exhibit being held now. When Kathy is not busy in her art studio or writing children’s books, she is busy working with adults and children teaching Art, Photoshop, and Web Design.
Visit Kathy's website - www.kathytemean.com
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TERRY WEBB
Author of Manning the Light and Weathering the Storms - The first two books of her new 4 book series.
Terry Webb spent her youth sailing off the coast of Maine and listening to the sounds of lighthouse beacons on foggy days. A former elementary school teacher, environmental educator, and Marriage and Family/Addiction counselor, she combines her educational and counseling expertise to introduce young adults to characters who live in other cultures or other periods of history. She brings to her writing a unique understanding of human behavior and family dynamics. She holds a doctorate in Marriage and Family/Addiction Intervention
from The Theological University of America and a Master’s in Education fromThe University of Pittsburgh. She also studied Biblical Studies and Ethics at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry.
Dr. Webb is both a published author and global missionary leader and trainer. She has seen her works translated into Russian and Romanian. Her other published works include: Tree of Renewed Life, and Healing; A Christian Mandate and Healing; History and Hope. Her books for youth include: Imagine Pittsburgh When; and How to be a Garbologist.
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NANCY WEST
Nancy West enjoys writing books that celebrate the oftentimes mysterious
and magical bond that exists between working dogs and their human
partners. She is the author of Chips: A Hometown Hero, a historical novel
for children based on the true-life adventures of the World War II K9
hero, and Kali Leads the Way, an illustrated story about a humanitarian
mine detection dog that works in Cambodia. She also co-authored Bear:
Heart of a Hero, the story of a Ground Zero volunteer and his four-legged
pal.
Nancy believes that we have much to learn from dogs and their
extraordinary abilities. She enjoys visiting schools, libraries, and scout
troops and teaching children of all ages about the important, even
life-saving work that man’s best friend performs around the world.
Ms. West resides in Westchester County, New York with her family,
including two rough-coated collies, Sligo and Kerry.
Visit Nancy's website - www.offleadpublications.com
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