SCBWI 2009 Notes: Who attends the conference?

I lack the time to do detailed session reports, so instead I've decided to post excerpts from my notes that I think would be of most interest. The SCBWI, by the way, is the hard-to-pronounce acronym for The Society Of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, a wonderful organization I discovered through Lee Wardlaw.

Which reminds me, I really need to renew my membership for CANSCAIP, the Canadian equivalent!

Anyway, the conference always begins with Lin Oliver telling us about the attendees. This