Sentences with phrase «winning young author»

Dramatic and thrillingly written with an uncanny eye for glimpses of beauty in a ravaged landscape, Fallen Land is a love story at its core, and an unusually assured first novel by award - winning young author Taylor Brown.

It started when I was in the fourth grade, when I won the Young Author's award for a book titled «How Rabbits Got Short Tails.»

Not exact matches

Dallas Keuchel is looking a lot more like the ace that won the Cy Young in 2015 than the pitcher who authored the disappointing followup campaign.

Last Friday, I posted that award - winning author Jacqueline Woodson, who also happens to be a queer mom of color, had been named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

I also just found out that there is a Legend of the Poinsettia children's book by award winning author and illustrator, Tomie de Paola that talks about a Mexican legend of how the poinsettia came to be because of an unselfish act of a young child.

-- A Tribute to author Katherine Paterson, award - winning author of contemporary classic young adult novels «Bridge to Terabithia» and «The Great Gilly Hopkins.»

Kristen Stewart and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer made a surprise appearance to introduce a group of young female filmmakers who won the opportunity to make short films inspired by the Twilight series with funding and guidance from industry professionals.

Catherine Gourley, the award - winning author of books for children, young adults, and educators, wrote that passage about a hot topic in education: media literacy.

Visitors to the site can find information on young adult and childrens books, along with more than 14,000 reviews, 200 excerpts, 182 author interviews, chances to win free books, forums, and much more.

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award - winning author of more than thirty books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction.

is also an award - winning author of books for young people.

Award - winning author of The Body of Christopher Creed and many other novels for young adults (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

From the PEN USA Award - winning author of A Country Called Home, a richly imagined new novel about a young woman who leaves the dusty farmland of 1960s Oklahoma to follow her husband to the oil fields of Saudi Arabia and finds a world of wealth, glamour, American privilege, and corruption.

All the Bright Places tops the list in Best Young Adult Fiction; the latest book in the Throne of Glass series, Queen of Shadows, edged out strong competition in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction; and another Young Adult Fantasy contender, Red Queen, pulled out a win over in Best Debut Goodreads Author.

Fossil feuding is alive and well in Printz Honor - winning author Kenneth Oppel's young adult historical novel Every Hidden Thing.

During her acceptance speech, Catton, who at 28 is also the youngest author ever to win the prize, admitted that the book «was, from the start, a publisher's nightmare» and thanked her publishers for taking a chance on the novel.

«Thought leaders from other countries including Brazil and the United States that have also contributed are: Scott Young and Michael Bungay Stanier — both of whom have collaborated on Behance CEO Scott Belsky's books; Richard Byrne, an award - winning educator; communications expert James Jay Hawreluk; renowed authors Zuenir Ventura, Eduardo Spohr and Marçal Aquino; storyteller expert Fernando Palacios and others,» announced the company's press statement.

The autobiography of the Margaret A. Edwards Award - winning author recounts the childhood vignettes and discoveries of profound, simple truths that led to his career writing honest and gritty young - adult books.

Creating books for preschool children through young adult readers, Random House Children's Books brings together award - winning authors and illustrators, world - famous franchise characters, and multimillion - copy series.

Make mention of the author in some way: A funny, heartfelt book for young teens, by award - winning author Jane Doe.

Myers served as the third National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2012 - 2013), authored over a hundred titles, and won countless awards, including two Newbery Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award, and was a three - time National Book Award finalist.

Karen is currently owner of Karen Ball PublishingServices, LLC; a literary agent with the prestigious Steve Laube Agency; an award - winning, best - selling author; the co-creator of Write from the Deep and Live from the Deep with Erin Taylor Young; and a popular speaker and podcaster.

Today I'm an award - winning novelist and write in three genres (young adult adventure fantasy, paranormal / fantasy romance for adults, science fiction mystery), and run a successful business as a coach and consultant for authors.

agold - authorShe is the award - winning author of several young adult novels critically acclaimed by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, VOYA, and Booklist, including Waterfell, The Almost Girl, and Alpha Goddess, a Spring 2014 Kid's INDIE NEXT title.

From prize - winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia.

Massachusetts resident and award - winning children's author M.T. Anderson has penned a lovely and lively verse that chronicles the incident, narrated by a young boy from Gloucester...

Patricia's clients include RITA Award - winning and USA Today bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen (Rookie Move, Berkley / Penguin); women's fiction authors Loretta Nyhan (Digging In, Lake Union Publishing) and Susan Bishop Crispell (Dreaming in Chocolate, St. Martin's Press); young adult novelists Axie Oh (Rebel Seoul, Tu Books) and Mary McCoy (Camp So - and - So, Lerner / Carolrhoda Lab); and middle grade novelists Kristi Wientge (Karma Khullar's Mustache, Simon and Schuster Children's), Hayley Chewins (The Turnaway Girls, forthcoming from Candlewick), Margaret Dilloway (Summer of a Thousand Pies, forthcoming from Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins), and Sandy Stark - McGinnis (Extraordinary Birds, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Children's), among others.

There's a reason, likewise, that John Corey Whaley's debut novel, Where Things Come Back, won so many awards and turned its young author into an insta - star.

Random House Children's Books, the publisher of multi-award winning and best - selling children's author Dr. Seuss» entire catalog of children's content, announced today that it would begin releasing most of the author's forty - four books as ebooks for young readers, starting with fifteen titles near the end of this month.

Matthew Quick is the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Academy Award - winning film, and the young adult novels Sorta Like a Rock Star, Boy21, and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock.

Beloved children's and young adult author Katherine Paterson has won two Newbery Medals, two National Book Awards and numerous other honors.

From the critically acclaimed and award - winning author of Past the Shallows comes a remarkable new novel that weaves together the lives of a young girl from Tasmania and a sailor in search of meaning, whose brief encounter leaves a lasting impact on both.

Karen Hesse is the award - winning author of several outstanding books for young readers, including Letters from Rifka and Phoenix Rising.

Award - winning author - illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger tells a story of childhood fears in her newest picture book, starring a young protagonist who looks life's scary things right in the eyes.

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki Abrams • March 13 I'm a huge fan of This One Summer, so I can't wait to get my hands on Caldecott Honor - winning author - illustrator Tamaki's debut picture book, which follows a young girl as she explores the color found all around her.

We spoke with Printz Honor - winning author Helen Frost about her tender, profound novel for young readers.

Sensitive prose poems depict a young girl's experience in a divided family through a scrapbook of photos and poetic vignettes in this moving offering from the author of several award - winning titles, including the Newbery Honor Book The Underneath (2008).

From prize - winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South

On the other end of the scale, Blume won the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1996, an ALA lifetime achievement award recognizing an author and her body of work for «significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.»

A curious young bunny hops out for an adventure, all by himself, in Little White Rabbit, the latest creation from Caldecott - winning author - illustrator Kevin Henkes.

Based on the author's own life, this award - winning debut novel in verse features a young Latina girl with artistic aspirations who copes with her mother's struggle with cancer while growing up in a close - knit family.

At a gala ceremony in New York City, the 67th National Book Awards gathered many of literature's leading lights in celebration of just a few authors: Colson Whitehead, who won in the fiction category; Ibram X. Kendi, in nonfiction; Daniel Borzutzky, in poetry; and Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell in young people's literature.

* Sign up for Kresley's email newsletter to receive the latest book release updates, as well as info about contests & giveaways (kresleycole.com/newsletter/) Kresley Cole is the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers Series, and five award - winning historical romances.

Sam J. Miller's The Art of Starving earned the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, and The Last Unicorn author Peter S. Beagle won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.

Among the award winning authors and titles from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to be offered on Storia are «National Book Award winner, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part - Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, Printz Award - winning author of Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi, Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson, Hug Time and The Gift of Nothing by New York Times bestselling Patrick McDonnell and many other titles.

The Pulitzer Prize - winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.

Tom Reiss's Pulitzer Prize - winning biography, The Black Count, recounts the life and times of General Thomas - Alexandre Dumas (1762 - 1806), father of author Alexander Dumas and the inspiration behind the younger Dumas» novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

Now, he's won almost every literary prize to be had writing for young people and is the author of 20 books.

Random House Children's Books, the publisher of multi-award winning and best - selling children's author Dr. Seuss» entire catalog of children's content, announced today that it would begin releasing most of the author's forty - four books as ebooks for young readers, starting with fifteen titles near the end of this... [Read more...]

Starting January 14, self - published authors can enter the contest in one of five categories — general fiction, mystery / thriller, romance, science fiction / fantasy / horror, and young adult fiction — for the chance to win a publishing contract with Amazon Publishing.