Wordstock Festival 2011

Lindsey Leavitt is a former elementary school teacher and present-day writer/mom to three (mostly) adorable little girls. She is married to her high-school lab partner and lives in Las Vegas. She is the author of the PRINCESS FOR HIRE series and SEAN GRISWOLD’S HEAD.

Sara Ryan is the author of the Oregon Book Award-winning YA novels EMPRESS OF THE WORLD and THE RULES FOR HEARTS, as well as the graphic novel BAD HOUSES, forthcoming from DC Vertigo with art by Carla Speed McNeil.

Lisa Schroeder writes for both the middle grade and young adult set. Her middle grade titles include IT’S RAINING CUPCAKES and SPRINKLES AND SECRETS, both published with Aladdin. Her young adult titles include I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME; FAR FROM YOU; CHASING BROOKLYN and THE DAY BEFORE, all with Simon Pulse. Lisa lives with her family in Beaverton, Oregon. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisaschroederbooks

John Corey Whaley grew up in the small town of Springhill, Louisiana, where he learned to be sarcastic and to tell stories. He has a BA in English from Louisiana Tech University, as well as an MA in Secondary English Education. He taught public school for five years and is now a full-time writer. WHERE THINGS COME BACK is his first novel. He currently resides in Louisiana, where he is working on his second novel. He is obsessed with movies, music and traveling and he owns an orange...
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