Children’s Writer & Presenter

Specializing in Nonfiction

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate the release last week of We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March on EMU’s Debuts!

PRIZES !    PRIZES!    PRIZES!

• If you posted a comment or answered Lisa’s quiz correctly, you’ve been entered into a drawing to win a free, signed copy of We’ve Got a Job. Winners will be announced Feb. 9.
• You’re also eligible for a free “I can be a hero, too!” badge. Email me, if you’d like one.
• If you bought a copy of We’ve Got a Job last week, I will send you a signed bookplate.
• If you didn’t buy it, you can order We’ve Got a Job through Barnes & Noble, an independent bookseller, or Amazon.

“This is the story I have been missing all my life… We’ve Got a Job moves to the top of my nonfiction list purchases for any middle or high school collection.” Diane Chen in School Library Journal’s blog Practically Paradise.

As a writer and presenter, I:

• Write nonfiction books and articles for and about young people.
• Conduct writing workshops and playshops with children.
• Conduct workshops and presentations to adults on writing nonfiction for young readers.

My nonfiction articles have been published in some of the most respected children’s magazines, including APPLESEEDS, CALLIOPE, COBBLESTONE, DIG, FACES, and ODYSSEY.

Although I specialize in writing nonfiction, my short fiction has also been accepted by acclaimed children’s magazines and readers, including HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, SKIPPING STONES, and THE MAILBOX. My picture book manuscript, “Mr. Bellow Lost His Cello,” won Byline Magazine’s national picture book competition; since it is not yet published, however, Mr. Bellow is still searching for his cello.

Happily, I am represented by the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. And, I blog at EMU’s Debuts.