Our members have been busy receiving kudos, having books published, winning awards and more!
Read all the latest and greatest here…
TAD LINCOLN’S RESTLESS WRIGGLE: PANDEMONIUM AND PATIENCE IN THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE by Beth Anderson, illustrated by S.D.Schindler, has won the NSCDA 2023 Young Readers Book Award. Beth was also interviewed on Laura Roettiger’s blog.
Congratulations to Whitney L Anderson and her book collection being showcased in The Summit Daily news. Her newest book, THE GREAT ICE CREAM BLIZZARD was actually inspired by Breckenridge, the town she grew up in and was a ski racer. Check out the full article with photos.
Bright Point Press has recently released GODDESSES OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY by Rachel Bithell. This nonfiction guide to female deities from around the world is part of a Hi-Lo series.
Fleur Bradley’s Alcatraz-inspired mystery for kids, DAYBREAK ON RAVEN ISLAND, has been nominated for the Agatha Award (given out at the Malice Domestic conference) in the Best Juvenile/YA category. Visit her on Twitter @FTBradleyAuthor and Instagram: fleurbradley.
Rachel Delaney Craft’s MG fantasy story “Every Last Star” appeared in Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things. You can read it for free here. Visit Rachel at her website or on Twitter @RDCwrites.
Happy Book Birthday to LIA & LUÍS: PUZZLED! written by Ana Crespo and illustrated by Giovana Medeiros, which is an Amazon #1 Release in Children’s Math Fiction.
ALONE, by Megan Freeman, was nominated for the California Young Reader Medal 2023-24.
Vickie L. Gardner is excited to announce the Spanish version of her first book in her early reader series LAS AVENTURAS DE DARBY–DARBY Y EL DOLLBERRY SE ATREVEN will be released in March 2023. It will be available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble,and at her booth in the Indie Author Pavilion at the Tucson Festival of Books, where she will be showcasing all three books in the series. Learn more on Vickie’s website.
Kerrie Faye Herron’s debut YA Paranormal novel, DEAD GIRL, has been acquired by editor Kaycee John at The Wild Rose Press for publication Winter of 2023. Visit her website, Twitter @kerriefayebooks, Facebook at kerriefayeherron, and Instagram at kerriefayebooks.
Annie Herzig was honored for winning the 2022 Narrative Art Award at the 2023 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York City, as well as being presented with the Agented Honor Award for the Portfolio Showcase. See her work at annieherzig.com and follow @annieherzig on Instagram and Twitter.
SHE IS MAMA, illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee and written by Mackenzie Porter releases on March 14 from Simon and Schuster! This love letter to moms is available for preorder wherever books are sold. Additionally, signed preorders are available from The Wandering Jellyfish here. Connect with Heather on her website, on Twitter @heathertbl and on Instagram @heatherbrockmanlee.
Ascension Press has published the picture book A MIRACLE FOR MICAH by Claudia Cangilla McAdam. Micah, a boy living at the time of Jesus, engages in a life of stealing fish. But through repentance and the bountiful forgiveness of Jesus, Micah becomes part of a very special miracle.
Ellen O’Clover’s teen writing event at The Wandering Jellyfish was written up in the Daily Camera.
Dow Phumiruk wrote an article on Nonfiction Tips for Nonfiction Fest. Additionally, HER NAME WAS MARY KATHARINE, illustrated by Dow and written Ella Schwartz, has been selected by the National Council for Social Studies’s children’s book council as notable 2023 book title.
Casey Rislov’s LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY MOM, photography by Ron Hayes, publishes February 21 by Mountain Stars Press. Visit Casey’s website here, also Instagram @crislovbooks, @zakpullen, & @ronhayes_wwi.
KINDNESS IS A KITE STRING by Michelle Schab was selected for the Amelia Island Book Festival February 17-18, 2023. As part of the festival, author Michelle Schaub will be visiting a PreK-2nd grade school to give each student a signed copy.
Natasha Vizcarra has signed with book packager Spooky Cheetah Press to write her first nonfiction science trade book for Children’s Press, an imprint of Scholastic. See Natasha’s work at www.natashavizcarra.com.
Congratulations to Andrea Wang, who will be one of the presenting authors at the Tucson Festival of Books.
A huge round of applause for Anden Wilder, who was one of two illustrators awarded SCBWI’s prestigious Bologna Scholarship. Anden will receive a ticket to the fair, travel to Italy, an accommodations stipend—and the opportunity to show her work at the world’s leading professional fair for children books.
Happy Book Birthday to WORM & CATERPILLAR ARE FRIENDS, a leveled reader graphic novel written and illustrated by Kaz Windness.
Congratulations to Olivia Abtahi, Melanie Crowder, Leslie Vedder, Heather Mateus Sappenfield, Fleur Bradley, Kellye Crocker, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Lynn Becker and Casey Rislov, whose books made the longlist for the Reading the West Awards with Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association.