Our members have been busy receiving kudos, having books published, winning awards, and more!
Read all the latest and greatest here…
FRANZ’S PHANTASMAGORICAL MACHINE, by Beth Anderson and illustrated by Caroline Hamel, was featured in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Fall 2022 edition of Best Books for Kids And Teens. Books are selected by expert committees of educators, booksellers, school and public librarians across Canada.
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman’s middle-grade mystery, SISTERHOOD OF SLEUTHS, was one of Amazon’s Top 20 Children’s Books of 2022! Also, her debut picture book, A GOOD DEED CAN GROW, illustrated by Holly Hatam, publishes February 7 by Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown. For more information about her books visit her website. Twitter and Instagram @jabertie.
Ellen O’Clover wrote a guest article for School Library Journal, “In Defense of Romance, and the Pivotal Role it Plays in YA.” Read it here.
Huge congratulations to member Leslie Colburn, whose story about her three-legged cat, S’more, will be published in CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MY CAT! Her story is one of 101 chosen for the publication. The book will release February 14 and is available for purchase here. Visit Leslie at her website here and @lesliecolburn.books.
Author Teresa Funke and her husband are now part-owners of Blue Moose Art Gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado. Teresa has been their resident writing instructor since January 2020 and looks forward to further exploring the links between art and literature. Check out the gallery here. To learn more, visit Teresa’s website, the Bursts of Brilliance website, Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, Instagram, and You Tube.
Congratulations to Vickie L. Gardner for being selected as a finalist in the Hindi’s Libraries 2022 Females of Fiction Contest – 2nd Annual Literary Awards. Her middle-grade novel, THE GHOST OF MORGAN GULCH, received a Silver Award in the Chapter Book category. Learn more about her award here.
Lauren Kerstein’s HOME FOR A WHILE was nominated for the 2022-23 South Carolina Picture Book Award.
Holiday House / Neal Porter has bought world rights to IN THE WORLD OF WHALES by Michelle Cusolito and illustrated by Jessica Lanan for publication in Summer of 2025.
McCourt S. Thomas is happy to announce the publication of her story, THE 19TH ARRGH SEPTEMBER, in the September 2022 issue of Spider magazine, with art by John Nez. The story celebrates International Talk Like a Pirate Day and it is her first publication.
Andrea Wang’s LULI AND THE LANGUAGE OF TEA made the 2022 Nerdy Book Club Awards.
Double birthday celebration for Natasha Wing: SQUEAK-A-BOO, her new lift-the-flap board book of animal peek-a-boos, published by Abrams, will be released on her own birthday of February 7. Visit her on Facebook, Instagram, and on her website.
Kudos to Dow Phumiruk and Melanie Crowder for having their proposals among the six selected by SCBWI as entries they will submit for the upcoming NCTE Convention.
RMC members, Kaz Windness, Heather Brockman Lee, Lily Williams, Jessica Lanan, and Stan Yan have launched a new online kidlit art school, The Cuddlefish Academy. Check out their website here.