March 2004

What authors have you met either at school, your local library or your local bookstore?

Johnathan Rand, the author of the Michigan Chillers series, came to my younger sister's elementary school and signed books for the kids.

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Tomie dePaola

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I wish I have, but I haven't. I wish I could meet J.K. Rowling. She is the best author I have ever known.

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I have met David Pelzer. He is the author of A Child Called "It". I think that he has lived an amazing life and I greatly admire him and his stories. He is a strong and brave man and I hope that I can meet him again.

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Dave and Neta Jackson (Trailblazer Series)
Kay Winters (nonfiction)

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Chris Powling, Cristina Kessler, Jane Kurtz, Mem Fox, and I can't remember the names of the others.

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Lynn McElfresh
Richard Peck
Ellen Wittlinger

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Patricia Polacca and Elliose Greenfield

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I saw J.K Rowling at The Broward County Library. She was signing all of the Harry Potter books and she giving out free books.

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I met Marc Brown, the guy who writes Arthur books.

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Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, authors of the Bailey School Kids books, and Brian Jacques.

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Candace Fleming, Phyllis Root, Nancy Carlson, Peter Roop, Debbie Dadey, Gary Paulsen, Sharon Creech, Douglas Wood, Lisa Westberg Peters, Jacqueline Woodson, Lois Lowry.

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I have met Terry Denton. He is great and very funny.

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Eric Carle

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Stephen King

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I met the author of Twinkle Dust, Alice Bowman. I also met Karen Magnuson Beil, author of A Cake All For Me. They were very kind to the students.

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Tres Seymour came to our school in Perryville, KY in the spring of 2002. Our librarian has also met George Ella Lyon, Terry Brooks, Mary Pope Osborne, Alexandra Day and Paul Brett Johnson! Many of them are Kentucky authors.

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Jan Carr

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I met Gail Carson Levine. She came to our school and was wonderful. She even read Betsy Who Cried Wolf before it was released to the bookstores. Now her book Ella Enchanted is coming out as a movie.

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Nikki Grimes

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Brod Bagert came to speak to our school and he was great.

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We've had Anna Grossnickle Hines, Audrey Couloumbis, and Susan Beth Pfeffer come to our public library to speak or give a program --- all were excellent! I've also met Paul Zindel at the library. He wasn't giving a program but came in as a patron. He was very interesting to talk to. (I work at the library.)

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I met Garth Nix at the Petaluma Copperfield's books. It was a great experience and very inspiring to listen to a very successful writer talk about his inspirations as well as a few funny moments of his life that had a big impact on his writing.

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Holly Black

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Sharon Creech

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I have met [at school] Jim Arnosky, Anna Meyers and someone else but I don't remember.

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Carol Vogel

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Last year, the author Tolya Thompson came to our school. She answered one of my questions, which was really exciting. I think that when an author visits your school, it's a great oppurtunity for the kids.

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Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon, at Borders bookstore!!

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Connie Porter, the author of the American Girl Addy books.

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Nancy Rue, the author of the Christian Heritage Series. She writes about Salem times, Williamsburg times, Charleston times, etc.

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I like Lemony Snicket's books because the bad guy always gets away and I'm really looking forward to the movie ... except I'm afraid Jim Carrey will overdo the part of Count Olaf.

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Lemony Snicket

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I havn't met an author but I am hoping to meet Jim Davis, the author of Garfield.

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Karen Hess (The Music of the Dolphins) was once at a local Barnes and Noble.

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Elsa Marston, Paul McComas

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I met at school Roland Smith. He is one of my favorite authors.

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