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December 12, 2012
Books on the Move!
Last weekend, I had an author signing at The Bookstore Plus, a terrific independent bookstore in Lake Placid. In addition to signing for holiday shoppers in the store, I spent nearly three hours personalizing & signing books for students whose classes had Skype visits with me this fall. The Monday after my event, Sarah, one of the store owners, sent me a picture of all the books, boxed up and ready to be shipped to schools all over the country – from Georgia, to Maine, to California and everywhere in between.
Many thanks to Sarah, Marc, and Cherise for handling the phone calls, paperwork, and organization for this, and to all the teachers and librarians who offered their students the chance to order personalized, signed books. They’re on the way!
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Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
Welcome to the Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs List! I’m Kate Messner, the children’s author and educator who maintains this site. I started it because I’ve found that virtual author visits are a great way to connect authors and readers, and I realize that many schools facing budget troubles don’t have the option of paid author visits. With that in mind, this is a list of authors who offer free 15-20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. As an author, I offer free Skype chats for the following titles:
(Please check book release dates! Upcoming titles are also listed; Skype visits available upon book’s release!)
If you’re interested in booking a “virtual visit” with me, please visit my website or drop me an email (kmessner at katemessner dot com).
How does a Skype virtual visit work? Click here to read a blog entry about my students’ virtual visit with the fantastic Laurie Halse Anderson. It includes an overview of how a Skype chat with an author might work, as well as tips for teachers, librarians, & book club organizers to help your virtual visit run smoothly. You can click here to read my first School Library Journal technology feature on Skype author visits, called “Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom Visits Can Happen Via Skype” and this follow-up SLJ feature, “An Author in Every Classroom: Kids Connecting with Authors via Skype. It’s the next best thing to being there.” There’s also an ever-growing list of authors who offer both free and paid Skype visits at the Skype An Author Network.
Important note for teachers & librarians: Please check with the author via email to be sure he or she still offers free Skype chats before you purchase books or make plans. (Some authors offer only a limited number of free Skype visits, and some who start out offering free visits begin to charge later on. I don’t always get those updates right away.) And authors…if you’re on this list but no longer offer free Skype visits, please let me know.
Authors Who Skype With Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
The following authors offer free 15-20-minute Skype chats with book clubs and classes that have read one of their books! (Many also offer more in-depth virtual visits for a fee.) To arrange a virtual visit, check out the authors’ websites for book choices and contact information. Then ask for their books at your favorite bookstore or visit IndieBound to find a store near you!
For Middle Grade Book Clubs (Ages 8-12)
Sarah AlbeeR.J. AndersonHannah BarnabyDale BasyeJulie BerryHelene BoudreauLarry Dane BrimnerChristine Brodien-JonesSusan Taylor BrownLeslie BulionStephanie BurgisDori Hillestad ButlerJennifer CervantesKatie DavisKenneth C. DavisJulia DeVillersErin DionneBonnie DoerrGail DonovanKathleen DubleKathleen DueySarah Beth DurstDeva FaganGreg FishboneD. Dina FriedmanDee GarretsonDonna GephartMike GrafDanette HaworthBridget HeosTess Hilmo
Sara Lewis HolmesJacqueline HoutmanLynda Mullaly HuntMark JeffreyLynne KellyDerek Taylor KentRose KentMorgan KeyesJo KnowlesJane KurtzR.L. LaFeversIrene LathamJessica LeaderLindsey LeavittDebbie LevyCynthea LiuC. Alexander LondonDayna LorentzEric LuperJoAnn Early MackenTorrey MaldonadoLeslie MargolisNan MarinoKate MessnerRita MurphyRichard NewsomeJennifer NielsenBarbara O’ConnorWendy OrrMitali PerkinsErica PerlSarah PrineasOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichYolanda RidgeKaren Romano YoungKurtis Scaletta
Augusta Scattergood
Laura SchaeferLisa SchroederAdam SelzerLaurel SnyderMargo SorensonTricia SpringtubbAnna StaniszewskiCatherine StineMelissa ThomsonJennifer TraftonAnne UrsuGreg van EekhoutCynthia WillisBarry WolvertonTracie Vaughn Zimmer
For Teen Book Clubs
(Also check out the list of adult authors below; many also work with teens.)
R.J. AndersonAnn AngelHeidi AyarbeKim BaccelliaPam BachorzCyn BalogTracey BaptisteLauren BjorkmanAmy Brecount WhiteSarah Rees BrennanLarry Dane BrimnerJessica BurkhartKay CassidyAngela CerritoCrissa-Jean ChappellEllen Dee DavidsonKenneth C. DavisJaclyn DolamoreKathleen DubleKathleen DueySarah Beth DurstDebby Dahl EdwardsonBeth FehlbaumMegan FrazerD. Dina FriedmanMargie GelbwasserDavid Macinnis GillCarla GunnTeri HallBrendan HalpinS.A. HarazinSue HarrisonCheryl Renee HerbsmanJim C. HinesJennifer HubbardJennifer JabaleyDenise JadenChristine JohnsonTara KellyJames KennedyJo KnowlesDaniel KrausNina LaCourMarie LambaKristen LandonAnita LibertySarah Darer LittmanCynthea LiuDayna LorentzElisa LudwigEric LuperSarah MacleanTorrey MaldonadoLeslie MargolisPeter MarinoNeesha MemingerMarissa MeyerLynn Miller-LachmanMegan MirandaSaundra MitchellMike MullinGreg NeriPatricia NewmanCaragh O’BrienMicol OstowJackson PearceMitali PerkinsErica PerlAmy PlumGae PolisnerBeth RevisOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichLena RoyCarrie RyanPeter SalomonSydney SalterLisa SchroederInara ScottAdam SelzerKristina SpringerCatherine StineLaurie StolarzTiffany TrentMelissa WalkerElaine WolfMary Rose Wood
For Adult Book Clubs
(Also check out the authors listed above; middle grade & teen novels can be great book club selections!)
Christa AllanCharlene Ann BaumbichSandra GullandCarla GunnSue HarrisonSarah MacleanMaryann McFaddenKitty MorseOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichKelly SimmonsGarth SteinGwendolyn Zepeda
Picture Book Clubs for Younger Readers (4-8)
Marsha Diane ArnoldMike ArtellLouise BordenLarry Dane BrimnerSusan Taylor BrownLeslie BulionKatie DavisElizabeth DulembaKathy DuvalSonia Clark FosterLaurie JacobsJane KohuthJane KurtzKara LareauDeb LundJoAnn Early MackenWendy MartinKate MessnerJamie MichalakWendy OrrErica PerlJean ReidyBarb RosenstockMichael ShouldersMargo SorensonJennifer WardNatasha Wing
If you’re an author of a traditionally published book who would like to be added, please email me (kmessner at katemessner dot com). If you’re a publicist and would like to send a list of all your authors who Skype with book clubs, that’s fabulous, too. Again…this is a list of authors who offer FREE 20-minute Skype chats with classrooms & book clubs that have read one of their books.
If you’re a bookseller or book club member, teacher, or librarian, thanks for stopping by – and feel free to comment with any questions!
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November 27, 2012
ALAN 2012 and a quick desert getaway…
I’m still catching up from last week…Thanksgiving and the NCTE Conference and ALAN Workshop in Las Vegas. But now that I’m digging out from the turkey bones and piles of laundry, I wanted to share a few more photos from an amazing week.
After three days of speaking and signing at NCTE, I had one last event before heading home — an ALAN breakout session called “Creating Ripples: Writing for Kids in the Middle” with some of the authors who inspire me most. We had a wonderful afternoon talking with teachers about why writing for middle school kids is such a privilege for us. Here’s our panel:
I loved hearing the other ALAN speakers in the main ballroom, too — so many amazing ideas and so much inspiration. But I also spent a little time away from the conference center on the Monday afternoon of ALAN.
This is Valley of Fire State Park. My friend & fellow TED2012 speaker Angie Miller decided that a little fresh air would do us good after Monday’s morning workshop, so we rented a car and headed out to climb rocks, spot wildlife, ogle 4000-year-old petroglyphs, and just explore. Here’s some of what we found.
Valley of Fire is a truly stunning landscape — one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen with so much space to roam. It was so very welcome after the bright lights and loud music of Vegas.
Between the wonder of the desert and the magic of so many book lovers at NCTE/ALAN, I came home feeling refreshed and full of hope. The world is a pretty amazing place, full of some truly awesome people.
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November 24, 2012
Great Friends & Great Books at NCTE12/ALAN12
Imagine a conference center full of thousands of teachers who love books, reading, and writing more than anything. Add in a hundred or so enthusiastic authors, an enormous exhibit hall full of amazing books, and a music-pulsing, neon-light flashing hotel lobby, and you can begin to imagine this year’s NCTE Conference and ALAN Workshop in Las Vegas.
My conference began with a signing of EYE OF THE STORM, followed by a wonderful dinner with the Walker/Bloomsbury crew, including my fellow KidLitCares organizer Joanne Levy. Here’s the whole bunch of us showing off the team’s latest books.
(From left to right: Linette Kim, Susan Vaught, Michelle Naglar, me, Emily Eason, Donna Knoell, Megan Miranda, Shannon Hale, Sarah Maas, Jessica Warman, Lindsey Leavitt, Caroline Abbey, and Beth Eller)
The next morning, I headed to my first speaking engagement, where I met up with my fellow panelists, Donna Knoell, Anita Silvey, who talked about THE PLANT HUNTERS, which I started reading on the plane home, and Lindsey Leavitt, whose upcoming book GOING VINTAGE looks so funny. Here’s Lindsey…
My long-time online friend, author April Henry, stopped by my signing at Chronicle Books to say hello. We figured out that we’ve been chatting over our blogs since 2006 or so but never connected in person until Saturday.
I spent an hour at Chronicle, signing SEA MONSTER’S FIRST DAY along with lots and lots of copies of OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW, which was on the NCTE Notable Books in the Language Arts list this year.
I also signed copies of REAL REVISION at Stenhouse, and the very first advance reader copies of HIDE AND SEEK at Scholastic.
This one’s the second book in the Silver Jaguar Society Mysteries with Scholastic, and it comes out April 1st.
I got to spend much of Sunday morning with the Scholastic team and several hundred amazing teachers at the Scholastic Literary Brunch. We shared excerpts from our new and upcoming books, using a readers’ theater format, which was so much fun. I got to read from CAPTURE THE FLAG, Blue Balliett’s HOLD FAST, and Eliot Schrefer’s ENDANGERED, along with Blue, Eliot, and David Levithan.
After brunch, it was time for the session celebrating NCTE’s Notable Books in the Language Arts, where OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW was one of thirty books honored. I was happy to see my friend Linda Urban’s HOUND DOG TRUE on the big screen, too!
Sunday night brought a Scholastic family dinner at a great Mexican restaurant whose name eludes me. A few of us decided to forego the cab ride and walk back to our hotel instead. Las Vegas is very shiny.
I’m not much of a fan of casinos and loud music, but the lights were pretty, and Las Vegas sure knows how to do dessert.
Monday kicked off the amazing, author-filled ALAN Workshop, along with a little time away from the city lights, climbing rocks at Valley of Fire State Park. More photos to come in a future post, but now…it’s time for the quiet of home and some turkey this weekend. Hope you’ve all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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November 9, 2012
Where to Find Me (in Rochester and at NCTE2012!)
November is a busy month for me, but a great one as far as book events. On Saturday, I’ll be here…
…at the Rochester Children’s Book Festival at MCC. If you live in Western NY, I’d love to see you there. It’s an amazing event full of book energy, and if you love books, you’ll love it here as much as I do.
Next week, I’m heading west to NCTE 2012 in Las Vegas. Here’s my schedule of events there:
Friday, November 16
3 – 4pm Signing EYE OF THE STORM at Walker/Bloomsbury- Booth #501
Saturday, November 17
8 – 9:15am Author Strand: Mentors, Models, Ideas, and Dreams – MGM Grand Ballroom Room 121, Level One
9:30–10:30 Signing OVER AND UNDER THE SNOW and SEA MONSTER’S FIRST DAY at Chronicle Books – Booth #334
11am – 12pm Signing REAL REVISION at Stenhouse - Booth #721
12:30 – 2:30pm Books for Children Luncheon – Premier Ballroom Room 318/319/320, Level 3
3 – 4pm Signing advance copies of HIDE AND SEEK (sequel to CAPTURE THE FLAG) at Scholastic - Booth # 200
Sunday, November 18
9 – 11:30am Scholastic Literary Brunch
1 – 4pm NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts – MGM Grand Ballroom Room 117, Level One
5:30 – 7:30pm ALAN Cocktail Reception - MGM Grand Ballroom 121-123, Level 1
Tuesday, November 20
2:40pm – 3:40pm ALAN Author Breakout #5, Creating Ripples: Writing for Kids in the Middle
MGM Grand Premier Ballroom Room 309 – 311, Level 3
Speakers: Kate Messner, Blue Balliett, Jody Feldman, Rebecca Stead, Jo Knowles
If you’re in Rochester on Saturday…or at NCTE next week, please stop by and say hello!
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Montclair Kimberley Academy Scholastic Book Fair
Earlier this week, I attended the biggest Scholastic Book Fair in the country – absolute heaven for a book geek like me!
This is just part of the set-up at the amazing Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey, which is celebrating its 125th birthday this year. There were SO many books, and Scholastic brought in authors to speak to the students each day. I was one of the featured presenters, along with Trent Reedy, Lisa McMann, Loren Long, Matthew Reinhart, and Dav Pilkey.
Because this whole part of New Jersey was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, I wondered for a while if this scheduled event would happen, but the Scholastic folks assured me that the school had power, even though most of the families’ homes did not, and the book fair would be a welcome break from storm clean up. I knew there were lots of people in this area who couldn’t even think of getting to a book fair, though, so I checked with a Newark Red Cross shelter to see if they could use some books and things for the kids. They said yes – and told me they sure could use some socks and sanitary napkins, too - so I loaded up my suitcase with books and notebooks…
…then stopped at the store to buy sanitary napkins and lots and lots of socks on my way to the airport. I can only imagine what the TSA inspectors thought of my stuffed-to-bulging bag full of books, socks, and feminine supplies. I had the chance to drop it all off at a shelter not far from the airport in Newark and spend some time talking with the coordinators there, who were still friendly and smiling a week after the storm.
There were plenty of smiles to go around at the book fair, too. I loved chatting with these kids about books and reading and their own writing, too. Many were working on stories of their own and were eager to tell me about them.
Thanks, Montclair Kimberley Academy and Scholastic, for a wonderful book fair day!
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November 2, 2012
KidLit Cares: Thank you SO much! Plus an update on what’s next…
Many, many, many thanks to all of you who have donated auction items, spread the word via social media and your email groups, and bid on charity auctions from the KidLit Cares Children’s Book Community as we raise money for the Red Cross Disaster Relief effort in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. You are all amazing and have made me weepy more than once with your generosity and general awesomeness over the past few days . There are 42 auctions listed now — everything from manuscript and portfolio critiques to Skype author visits with signed books, and even a free pass to get your manuscript to a Chronicle Books editorial meeting. There are great opportunities for writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians, book clubs, and parents, and the full list is below, with links.
For now, we’re taking a short break from listing new auction items so that people have time to discover and bid on the great donations that are already here. But the good news is, there will be a second round of KidLit Cares auctions very, very soon. My friend & fellow Bloomsbury/Walker author Joanne Levy, is taking the reigns for this second phase of the fundraiser, which will be hosted here. (I have yet to meet Joanne in person but immediately liked her when I was in the middle of setting up Teachers Write last summer and she tweeted at me: “I am an organizational goddess. Is there anything I can do to help you?” Joanne is indeed one of the most organized people on the planet. She’s passionate about books and helping people, and she’d doing a great job with Round Two already.)
We’ve received incredible offers for auction items for this new round, including more agent & author manuscript critiques, signed book collections, a website design package, and original art from illustrators. So please watch for those. If you’d like to make a donation, too, you can email Joanne at the dedicated email address she’s set up for the next phase of KidLitCares: kidlitcares@joannelevy.com.
For now, please keep those bids coming and continue to help us spread the word about KidLid Cares by sharing our link for the current auctions with your friends. You can copy & paste this link for sharing:
http://www.katemessner.com/kid-lit-ca...
And our Twitter hashtag is #KidLitCares.
One more time…thanks. It’s a joy and an honor to be a part of this reading, writing, and teaching community online.
1. Manuscript Critique with Caroline Abbey of Bloomsbury
2. Manuscript Critique & Signed Books from Julie Berry
3. Manuscript Critique with Laurie Halse Anderson
4. Manuscript Critique with Jo Knowles
5. 20-minute Phone Chat with Agent Erin Murphy
6. School Skype Gift Bag from Author Laurel Snyder!
7. Perfect Your Pitch Package with Author Erin Dionne
8. Query Critique & Phone Chat with Agent Jennifer Laughran
9. Manuscript Critique with Agent Pam van Hylckama
10. Skype Author Visit with Laurie Halse Anderson
11. Skype Visit with Veronica Roth, Author of DIVERGENT
12. Phone Call with Poet & Author Nikki Grimes
13. Picture Book Critique with Author Jean Reidy!
14. Manuscript Critique & Phone Call with Egmont USA Publisher Elizabeth Law
15. Full YA or MG Manuscript Critique with Author Kody Keplinger
16. Picture Book Critique with Author Deborah Underwood
17. Skype Visit with Mo Willems!
18. Skype Visit & Signed Books from Author Linda Urban
19. Skype Author Visit & Signed Books from Sara Lewis Holmes
20. Skype Visit & Signed Books from Barbara O’Connor
21. Writer’s Care Package from Sarah Aronson
22. Picture Book Critique with Michelle Knudsen
23. “Free Pass” to Chronicle Books Editorial Meeting & Picture Book Critique with Editor Melissa Manlove
24. For Authors: School and Library Planning & Publicity Package from Kate Messner
25. Manuscript Critique with Author April Henry
26. Manuscript Critique with Author Sarah Darer Littman
27. Poetry or Picture Book Critique with Author Kelly Fineman
28. Author/Agent Tag-Team Picture Book Critique & Submission Package w/ Anne Marie Pace & Linda Pratt
29.Signed Fairy Tale Retellings & a Personal Letter from Author Diane Zahler
30. Manuscript Critique & Phone Call with Agent Michelle Witte
30A (I apparently like the number 30 and used it twice.) Release Day Launch Package for your YA/MG Book from InkSlinger PR
31. Manuscript Critique & Signed Book from Editor Cheryl Klein
32.Month9Books 2013 “Books for a Year” Package
33.Skype Author Visit & Signed Books from Ellen Hopkins
34. School Author Visit with Sarah Albee (CT, NY, MA, & DC only)
35. New England School or Library Author Visit with Cynthia Lord
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37. Query & Manuscript Critique Package with Author Tessa Gratton
38. 50-page Fantasy or Science Fiction Critique with Author Gwenda Bond
39. 3-Day Writing Retreat at The Writing Barn in Austin
40. Skype Author Visit with Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park
41. Portfolio Critique with Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano
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October 25, 2012
Teachers Write: Writing as Reflection
Where I live, the leaves have not only turned, they’re falling by the bushels as we look November in the eye. When I was teaching, this was always around the time I’d need to step away from my desk full of papers to reflect on how things were going. The new-pencil smell of September has probably worn off for you by now, so let’s take this week’s #TeachersWrite to do the same. Here’s today’s prompt:
Choose one of your top students and finish these thoughts in his or her voice.
The best thing we’ve done in class so far has been…
My least favorite day of class was the day…
My goal for the next quarter is…
I wish…
Now, answer those same questions in the voice of one of your struggling students.
And finally, answer them in your own voice.
Sometimes, we write to be understood. And sometimes, we write to better understand ourselves. That’s what reflection is all about, after all, isn’t it? Seeing something in a different way so that we notice things we might have missed.
If you discovered anything you’d like to share, feel free to comment!
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Thank you, AuSable Valley Elementary!
Most of my school author visits this fall have involved airplanes and multiple days away from my family, so it was lovely to visit a school closer to home today. When I pulled into the parking lot at AuSable Valley Elementary School, I saw this trailer…
…and thought, “Oh, dear.” I’ve been told that I give a pretty entertaining presentation, but there’s no way I can compete with miniature donkeys. But it turns out the donkeys were here for their own event, a special presentation arranged for one of the third grade classrooms that had been reading about therapy dogs. These are therapy donkeys, and I got to visit them to say hello.
After the donkeys went home, the third graders headed to the gym for our author visit. Both groups I worked with today — the K-2 students and the 3rd-6th grade crew — were just fantastic. I can always tell when kids are enthusiastic readers and writers because of the great questions they ask. After my first presentation to the younger group, one of the boys came running back to the gym a few minutes later. “This is for you,” he said.
I asked him to tell me about his picture. “That’s you,” he said, pointing. “You’re the pink one, and you’re walking in the woods. And those are animal tracks.” They were from a desert animal, he told me, maybe a frog or a prairie dog. This is one of the reasons I love school visits so much!
Thanks, Kobe, for your illustration, and thanks to everyone at AuSable Valley Elementary for a magical, story-filled morning!
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Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
Welcome to the Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs List! I’m Kate Messner, the children’s author and educator who maintains this site. I started it because I’ve found that virtual author visits are a great way to connect authors and readers, and I realize that many schools facing budget troubles don’t have the option of paid author visits. With that in mind, this is a list of authors who offer free 20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. As an author, I offer free Skype chats for the following titles:
(Please check book release dates! Upcoming titles are also listed; Skype visits available upon book’s release!)
If you’re interested in booking a “virtual visit” with me, please visit my website or drop me an email (kmessner at katemessner dot com).
How does a Skype virtual visit work? Click here to read a blog entry about my students’ virtual visit with the fantastic Laurie Halse Anderson. It includes an overview of how a Skype chat with an author might work, as well as tips for teachers, librarians, & book club organizers to help your virtual visit run smoothly. You can click here to read my first School Library Journal technology feature on Skype author visits, called “Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom Visits Can Happen Via Skype” and this follow-up SLJ feature, “An Author in Every Classroom: Kids Connecting with Authors via Skype. It’s the next best thing to being there.” There’s also an ever-growing list of authors who offer both free and paid Skype visits at the Skype An Author Network.
Important note for teachers & librarians: Please check with the author via email to be sure he or she still offers free Skype chats before you purchase books or make plans. (Some authors offer only a limited number of free Skype visits, and some who start out offering free visits begin to charge later on. I don’t always get those updates right away.) And authors…if you’re on this list but no longer offer free Skype visits, please let me know.
Authors Who Skype With Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)
The following authors offer free 20-minute Skype chats with book clubs and classes that have read one of their books! (Many also offer more in-depth virtual visits for a fee.) To arrange a virtual visit, check out the authors’ websites for book choices and contact information. Then ask for their books at your favorite bookstore or visit IndieBound to find a store near you!
For Middle Grade Book Clubs (Ages 8-12)
Sarah AlbeeR.J. AndersonDale BasyeJulie BerryHelene BoudreauLarry Dane BrimnerChristine Brodien-JonesSusan Taylor BrownLeslie BulionStephanie BurgisDori Hillestad ButlerJennifer CervantesKatie DavisKenneth C. DavisJulia DeVillersErin DionneBonnie DoerrGail DonovanKathleen DubleKathleen DueySarah Beth DurstDeva FaganGreg FishboneD. Dina FriedmanDee GarretsonDonna GephartDanette HaworthBridget HeosTess Hilmo
Sara Lewis HolmesJacqueline HoutmanLynda Mullaly HuntMark JeffreyLynne KellyDerek Taylor KentRose KentMorgan KeyesJo KnowlesJane KurtzR.L. LaFeversIrene LathamJessica LeaderLindsey LeavittDebbie LevyCynthea LiuC. Alexander LondonDayna LorentzEric LuperJoAnn Early MackenTorrey MaldonadoLeslie MargolisNan MarinoKate MessnerRita MurphyRichard NewsomeJennifer NielsenBarbara O’ConnorWendy OrrMitali PerkinsErica PerlSarah PrineasOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichYolanda RidgeKaren Romano YoungKurtis ScalettaLaura SchaeferLisa SchroederAdam SelzerLaurel SnyderMargo SorensonTricia SpringtubbAnna StaniszewskiMelissa ThomsonJennifer TraftonAnne UrsuGreg van EekhoutCynthia WillisBarry WolvertonTracie Vaughn Zimmer
For Teen Book Clubs
(Also check out the list of adult authors below; many also work with teens.)
R.J. AndersonAnn AngelHeidi AyarbeKim BaccelliaPam BachorzCyn BalogTracey BaptisteLauren BjorkmanAmy Brecount WhiteSarah Rees BrennanLarry Dane BrimnerJessica BurkhartKay CassidyAngela CerritoCrissa-Jean ChappellEllen Dee DavidsonKenneth C. DavisJaclyn DolamoreKathleen DubleKathleen DueySarah Beth DurstDebby Dahl EdwardsonBeth FehlbaumMegan FrazerD. Dina FriedmanMargie GelbwasserDavid Macinnis GillCarla GunnTeri HallBrendan HalpinS.A. HarazinSue HarrisonCheryl Renee HerbsmanJim C. HinesJennifer HubbardJennifer JabaleyDenise JadenChristine JohnsonTara KellyJames KennedyJo KnowlesDaniel KrausNina LaCourMarie LambaKristen LandonAnita LibertySarah Darer LittmanCynthea LiuDayna LorentzElisa LudwigEric LuperSarah MacleanTorrey MaldonadoLeslie MargolisPeter MarinoNeesha MemingerMarissa MeyerLynn Miller-LachmanMegan MirandaSaundra MitchellMike MullinGreg NeriPatricia NewmanCaragh O’BrienMicol OstowJackson PearceMitali PerkinsErica PerlAmy PlumGae PolisnerBeth RevisOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichLena RoyCarrie RyanPeter SalomonSydney SalterLisa SchroederInara ScottAdam SelzerKristina SpringerLaurie StolarzTiffany TrentMelissa WalkerElaine WolfMary Rose Wood
For Adult Book Clubs
(Also check out the authors listed above; middle grade & teen novels can be great book club selections!)
Christa AllanCharlene Ann BaumbichSandra GullandCarla GunnSue HarrisonSarah MacleanMaryann McFaddenKitty MorseOlugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichKelly SimmonsGarth SteinGwendolyn Zepeda
Picture Book Clubs for Younger Readers (4-8)
Marsha Diane ArnoldMike ArtellLouise BordenLarry Dane BrimnerSusan Taylor BrownLeslie BulionKatie DavisElizabeth DulembaKathy DuvalSonia Clark FosterLaurie JacobsJane KohuthJane KurtzKara LareauDeb LundJoAnn Early MackenWendy MartinKate MessnerWendy OrrErica PerlJean ReidyBarb RosenstockMichael ShouldersMargo SorensonJennifer WardNatasha Wing
If you’re an author of a traditionally published book who would like to be added, please email me (kmessner at katemessner dot com). If you’re a publicist and would like to send a list of all your authors who Skype with book clubs, that’s fabulous, too. Again…this is a list of authors who offer FREE 20-minute Skype chats with classrooms & book clubs that have read one of their books.
If you’re a bookseller or book club member, teacher, or librarian, thanks for stopping by – and feel free to comment with any questions!
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