Had fun with the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy earlier this week: dinner, drinks and lots of kidlit/YA talk!
We talk about everything from the craft and business of writing to renovation hell stories and family updates. Plus a whole lot of other stuff that I can’t possibly post publicly, of course. 🙂 Anyway, I asked the attendees of last night’s get together what they were working on or if they had any news to share, and here’s what they told me:
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Maureen McGowan
Maureen just found out that one of her short stories is appearing in a McGraw-Hill anthology in May 2102.
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Claudia Osmond
Claudia’s moving ahead with her new middle grade novel.
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Jo Swartz
Jo says she’s finished and submitted her IZZY GOURMET picture book and she’s now working on a wordless graphic novel.
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Cheryl Rainfield
In addition to being excited about getting the ARC for her new teen paranormal, HUNTED, Cheryl has just launched her Pro Page on Facebook.
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Joceylyn Shipley
Jocelyn just won the Writing For Young People Award at the Surrey International Writers Conference.
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Karen Krossing
Karen’s been getting lots of great reviews for THE YO-YO PROPHET (Orca).
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Megan Crewe
Megan’s going to be presenting with Lena Coakley at the November CANSCAIPmeeting about fantasy and science fiction.
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Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer had a successful art gallery show at the Toronto Public Library.
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Jordan Hagemann
http://jordanhageman.blogspot.com/
It was Jordan’s first Torkidlit meetup! She recently started her own book blog, A Book Long Enough and is also on Twitter at @ABookLongEnough.
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Lena Coakley
Lena’s agent is submitting her next novel, new YA historical fantasy, to an editor.