PATHS TO PUBLICATION: C. Coco DeYoung

PATHS TO PUBLICATION



As part of the virtual book tour for Many Genres, One Craft , I have more contributor interviews this week: C. Coco DeYoung , Crystal B. Bright , Kaye Dacus , and John DeChancie .



Find out about C. Coco DeYoung's unique path to publishing:



One should always consider the writing contests. A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt was a submission for the Marguerite de Angeli Prize for historical fiction. Along with the honor, which I hold most dear, came an advance and promise of publication. Over 172,000 copies have sold, the book is available in the Korean language and as an E-book.



--C.Coco DeYoung



C. Coco De Young is an award-winning author, freelance writer, and storyteller. Her middle-grade novel, A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, received the Marguerite de Angeli Prize, nomination for 10 State Book Awards, the 2000-2001 Keystone to Reading Book Award, Teacher's Choices 2000 by the International Reading Association, a Booklist "Top 10 First Novels" of 1999, and was selected by the Children's Book Council and the National Council of Social Studies as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. Ms. De Young holds a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Elementary Education, and an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, both from Seton Hill University. She resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with her husband, Don.



Coco is a contributor to Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction , a writing guide edited by Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller and based on the Seton Hill University Writing Popular Fiction graduate program.