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Deborah's first novel, Love Ruby Lavender,
was selected as an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's
Book Sense 76 Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for
Reading and Sharing. In addition, it has been nominated for
twenty-six state book award reading lists, all voted on by
children. She has written two picture books, One
Wide Sky, a Children’s Book of the Month
Club selection, and the acclaimed Freedom Summer,
earning Deborah the Ezra Jack Keats/New York Public Library
award for best new picturebook writer and awarding illustrator
Jerome Lagarrigue a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe new talent
recognition. Deborah’s newest novel, Each
Little Bird That Sings, was a 2005 National
Book Award finalist. She currently resides near Atlanta, Georgia.
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Perhaps Laurie’s best-known novel is Speak,
which was awarded a 2000 Printz Honor for young adult literature,
and was selected as a National Book Award finalist and a Booklist
“Top 10 First Novels of 1999.” The movie Speak appeared on Showtime and Lifetime channels on September 5,
2005 and is now available on DVD. In addition, Laurie’s
other noteworthy novels include Catalyst, Fever 1793, and Prom,
which was published in 2005 and selected as a BookSense Top
Ten Pick. The creator of the Wild at Heart series,
she published the twelfth book in this series in 1999. Laurie
has also four written picture books, including Thank
You Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving and The Big Cheese of Third Street.
She lives in Mexico, New York.
   
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Author and illustrator of ten books for children, Jon Agee’s Terrific has recently been named
one of the ten New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2005.
Other noteworthy titles include Milo's Hat Trick, The Return of Freddy LeGrand (a
School Library Journal Best Book of 1992), The
Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau (an ALA
Notable Children’s Book), and Dmitri the
Astronaut, named one of the ten best picture
books of 1996 by The New York Times. Agee’s love of
language captures readers’ interest in his several books
of wordplay, including Go Hang a Salami!, I'm
a Lasagna Hog! and other books of palindromes.
Jon lives and works in San Francisco, California.
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Winner of the 1993 Caldecott Medal for Mirette
on the High Wire, Emily has illustrated well
over 100 books for children, garnering awards and starred
reviews for illustration and writing and pleasing readers
of all ages. Her work ranges from wordless picture books to
easy readers to historical fiction, including the well-known
wordless picture books Picnic (an
ALA Notable Book and winner of a Christopher Award), School,
and First Snow featuring mice characters
and the companion books to her Caldecott winner, Starring
Mirette and Bellini, and Mirette
and Bellini Cross Niagra Falls. In many of Emily’s
books strong females abound, including the protagonists in Beautiful Warrior, The
Bobbin Girl, The Ballot Box Battle¸
and The Orphan Singer. Her illustrations
in the recently published Nora’s Ark have earned starred reviews. McCully lives in New York City
and upstate New York.
   
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