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Will
Hobbs www.willhobbsauthor.com
WILL HOBBS is the author of thirteen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named "Best Books for Young Adults" by the American Library Association. ALA also named Far North and Downriver to their list of the "100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Century". Ghost Canoe received the "Edgar Allan Poe Award" in l998 for Best Young Adult Mystery. In outdoor stories that appeal to both boys and girls, Hobbs has readers discovering wild places, sharing adventures with people from varied backgrounds, and exploring how to make important choices in their own lives. A graduate of Stanford University and former reading and language arts teacher, Will has been a full-time writer since l990. He lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado. Will's books have won many other awards, including the "California Young Reader Medal", the "Western Writers of America Spur Award", the "Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award", the "Colorado Book Award", and nominations to state award lists in over thirty states. NOVELS: Changes
in Latitudes (1988), Bearstone (l989), Downriver (l991),
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PICTURE BOOKS:
Beardream (l997), Howling Hill (l998)
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Michael
Parentwww.michael-parent.com
Michael Parent grew up in a bilingual French-Canadian family full of singers and storytellers in Lewiston, Maine. He has performed traditional and original stories, in both English and French, for a wide range of audiences from schools to libraries to theaters and festivals, in the U.S. and beyond since 1977. He has been featured
at such events as the Martha's Vineyard Festival of Storytelling,
the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and
the Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival in Masterton, New Zealand.
He is a 1999 recipient of the "National Storytelling Network's Circle
of Excellence" award.
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iPam
Berger www.infosearcher.com
Pam Berger, an educational technology consultant, is author of Internet for Active Learners: Curriculum Strategies for K-12 Education (ALA Editions, 1998) and was a school librarian for 20 years. She is the publisher and editor of Information Searcher, a newsletter for integrating technology into the curriculum focusing on CD-ROM, online searching and the Internet; co-author of CD-ROM in Schools: A Directory and Practical Handbook for Media Specialists, published by Eight Bit Books (Wilton, CT); and chairperson of American Association of School Librarians national technology initiative, ICONnect. Ms. Berger represented American Library Association (ALA) at a congressional hearing, jointly sponsored by the House Committees on Science and Economic and Educational Opportunities, investigating "Educational Technology in the 21st Century." Ms Berger has published
articles in School Library Journal, CD-ROM
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Brenda
Edusei www.thesuccessstudio.com/aboutus.htm
Since January 1998,
Brenda's work as an image consultant is quite successful; she assists women
looking for a transformation by teaching them how to visually and
Brenda's other true
passion? Empowering women to control their own destinies
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