Co-authors Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook have been writing collaboratively since 1997. Both work in the School District of Waukesha, Kathryn as a school psychologist and Deborah as a Kindergarten teacher. Their experiences with young children often provide the source for their story ideas, and many of their books contain Read more…
Gibbs Davis is an award-winning author of 24 books for children, as well as co-writer of the film Undercover Kids. In 2008 and 2009 Gibbs co-hosted the Reading Discovery Program with former First Lady Barbara Bush at the George Bush Presidential Library. During these successful televised events Mrs. Bush read Read more…
STEPHANIE LOWDEN is a gardener, substitute teacher and amateur historian. She’s been writing since the age of 6 (her first manuscript was a note she left for her mother) and dabbling in history since college days. The theme of loss informs much of her fiction. This is assuredly because her father Read more…
SHERI SINYKIN collected 156 rejection letters before her first novel, SHRIMPBOAT AND GYM BAGS, was published in 1990. “In the long run,” she tells readers, “perseverance is much more important than raw talent.” Sinykin grew up in Sacramento, Calif., the eldest of four children. She graduated from Stanford University with Read more…
Sharon Hart Addy, the author of the picture books LUCKY JAKE and WHEN WISHES WERE HORSES, also dabbles in poetry and magazine fiction. Three versions of her story Lillian and Gran-pere, historical fiction originally published in Cricket magazine, are included in Sandy Asher’s WRITING IT RIGHT! How Successful Children’s Authors Read more…
Antler’s epic poem Factory was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the City Lights Pocket Poet Series in 1980. Antler’s book Last Words was published by Ballantine in 1986. Antler: The Selected Poems was published in 2000. Allen Ginsberg called Antler “one of Whitman’s ‘poets and orators to come’.” Antler won Read more…
Amy Laundrie has been an elementary teacher in Wisconsin Dells for many years. She loves nature and animals and hatches out ducklings every spring. Last year the duckling “Happy Feet” even accompanied her on school visits. “Meet the author” presentations and conducting writing workshops are Amy’s specialties. Amy’s the author Read more…
Amelia Klem Osterud is an academic librarian from Milwaukee who is working diligently on becoming heavily tattooed, just in case she ever wants a second career as a tattooed lady. Osterud has a master’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and writes and lectures on the subject of Read more…
Fabu Carter Brisco is Madison’s 3rd Poet Laureate. Her poetry focuses on children, women, and African Americans. Poems, Dreams and Roses, a compilation of poetry about Fabu’s growing up as a poet is aimed at encouraging young poets and was published in December 2009. In Our Own Tongues will be Read more…
Kashmira Sheth was born and raised in India and came to the United States to attend college. After receiving her BS from the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and MS in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked for the Wisconsin Agriculture Department for 15 years. About twelve Read more…