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Scott Ciencin *
Mark "Tiger" Edmonds |
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SCOTT CIENCIN is known as "Richard Awlinson” to some of the young adult readers, who enjoy his fantasy novels. Ciencin’s work includes several popular book series Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Dinotopia, Dinoverse ,Forgotten Realms: The Avatar and Vampire Odyssey. |
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MARK "TIGER" EDMONDS has been called “the Homer of the Highway” and as an English professor at St. Leo University, he connects the epics with contemporary road literature. “It’s about being able to tell others where it was you went to, explaining about what you saw, relating the exotic names and places, the wondrous things and strange people you encountered on your trip.” Rather than searching for a way home, Edmonds is a willing wanderer, on a million-mile journey on a BMW motorcycle. He encounters not Circe and Calypso, but “savior waitresses” giving nourishment and rescue from locals looking for a fight. Instead of blinding a Cyclops, this hero pokes fun at very real dangers, in passages like The Killer Federal Foliage Incident. He even introduces us to some champions, along the way. |
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ADRIAN FOGELIN is a frequent guest at schools, conferences, and workshops across the country. Crossing Jordan and Anna Casey's Place in the World have found their way into classrooms, libraries, university study programs, and of course, individual households. USA Today called Adrian Fogelin's first book, Crossing Jordan, a "sensitive portrait of black-white relations in a changing neighborhood." The American Library Association named the novel to its Best Books for Young Adults list. Crossing Jordan also has been nominated for a Georgia Children's Book Award as well as other awards. Adrian Fogelin was moved to write this story of prejudice and friendship after an incident in her neighborhood. A librarian and a fiction reader for the International Quarterly, Adrian lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with her family. This is her first book for children. For more information, visit http://www.adrianfogelin.com/. |
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CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the award-winning, L.A. Times bestselling author of such novels as The Ferryman, Strangewood, The Gathering Dark, Of Saints and Shadows, Prowlers, and the Body of Evidence series of teen thrillers, several of which have been listed among the Best Books for Young Readers by the American Library Association and the New York Public Library. Golden has also written or co-written a great many books and comic books related to the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, as well as the script for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer video game for Microsoft Xbox, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Tom Sniegoski. Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. There are more than six million copies of his books in print. For more information, visit http://www.christophergolden.com/. |
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DONNA GUTHRIE is an educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado and author of a young adult authors’ do-it-yourself book on writing and illustrating. For more information, visit http://www.donnaguthrie.com. |
| BARBARA KESEL & MIKE PERKINS from CrossGen Comics will speak to teens and give their expert advice on making a living in the comic book business. Barbara is a writer for CrossGen and Mike is a penciler/inker. | |
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