Linda Sue Park's Blog

The last few weeks have been busy beyond words, and I have had to face reality: I will never catch up blogwise. Ergo, a brief list which simply will not do justice to the events, but is better than nothing?

Working backwards:

--Lunch in Niagara Falls, New York, at the New York Library Association annual conference, to accept the Empire State Award for my body of work. What a tremendous honor! A thousand thanks to the Youth Services Section and the award committee, with special thanks to Charlot...

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Tuesday, September 8, 7:30 PM
Genesee Reading Series at
Writers and Books
740 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Members, $3; Public, $6

http://www.wab.org/events/grseries.shtml

Author Will Hubbell and I will be reading from our work. Will is a children's author/illustrator and an adult fantasy author; he'll be reading from his new fantasy novel. I'll be reading both fiction and poetry.

Writers and Books is a great organization that sponsors and supports hundreds of reading and writing activities in

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Wow, have I struck it rich lately...


ESCAPING THE TIGER, by Laura Manivong. Middle-grade contemporary realism. 12-year-old Vonlai escapes from Laos with his family to a refugee camp in Thailand. I love stories that illuminate a little-known corner of the world. Vonlai's story (inspired by the life of the author's husband) made me cheer and cry.


SEA OF THE DEAD, by Julia Durango. Middle-grade action/adventure. Kehl lives in the (fictional) Teshic empire, son of the great Warrior Prince. But who is

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I had intended to write a fun, funny, photo-filled post about the conference, but got home last week and crashed smack into two deadlines. So I will leave it to other bloggers, including the spectacular Team Blog, who documented the whole conference! Here's a sampling:

TEAM BLOG: http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/

Alice Pope: http://cwim.blogspot.com/2009/08/scbwi-summer-conference-fantastic.html

Lisa Yee: http://lisayee.livejournal.com/113367.html

Jay Asher: http://jayasher.blogspot.com/2009/08/s

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Every year, author Robin Pulver invites a group of children's authors/illustrators to her lakeside home for the day. And every year, we have a perfect day. This year, it started out glum and rainy, so we visited indoors for a while, then went to lunch. We came back to glorious sunshine and sat in the lovely garden for the rest of that golden afternoon. Some of us swam or took a boat ride (thank you, Don!) or did both. Like I said, a perfect day.




Top trio, from left: Marsha Hayles, me, Ellen Stoll

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During ALA, The Art Institute of Chicago had an exhibit of Caldecott art--how appropriate! Here I am with my friend Grace, looking at a piece of the original art from FLOTASAM, by Genius David Wiesner. I once got to watch Grace read this book with David looking on and offering occasional commentary--what a treat that was!






At Ashley Bryan's birthday party:

With Eloise Greenfield, poet and author, and her wonderful new book, CHILDTIMES, a memoir of three generations of her family.





With members of "my

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Those were my two most recent destinations--a week-long trip, and a great one. In Chicago, I met with two librarians who will be hosting me at their schools--Monika Schroder, from New Dehli, India (!!), and Kirk Palmer, from Singapore (!!). I learned to my delight that Monika is also the author of a middle-grade novel, THE DOG IN THE WOOD, and has another book forthcoming. Then I got to attend the Newbery-Caldecott banquet, sitting with my Clarion peeps, poet Laura Purdie Salas, and children's l

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TOMORROW!

Saturday, June 27, 11:00am-noon

Seymour Library
161 East Avenue
Brockport, New York

Presentation and signing.

I love libraries!!



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My latest project: A LONG WALK TO WATER

What I'm working on now: THE 39 CLUES

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illustration c. 2009 Jim Averbeck


In January, Breakfast Serials Inc. released A LONG WALK TO WATER, a serial story I'd written to be published one chapter per week in newspapers. The story means a lot to me, and I've been worried about the timing, as newspapers everywhere seem to be in a bad way these days.

So it was with utter delight that today I received an e-mail from the Times-News in Burlington, North Carolina, telling me how much their readers had enjoyed the story! The paper even gave its

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A lot going on lately, and at the same time, very little. The latter, because I'm buried in a project with a looming deadline. I'm making steady progress, but too slowly. So this will be a quick list-style entry crammed with too much news.

COMING UP: SCBWI-Eastern New York conference.
Saturday, June 13, Poughkeepsie, New York.

I'm giving a keynote. Also looking forward to hearing the other speakers and meeting the participants.


RECENTLY RETURNED FROM: BEA in New York City.
Where I had a great time si

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