UPCOMING CONFERENCES

I will be on two agent panels and critiquing manuscripts at the New Jersey SCBWI Annual Conference in Princeton on June 5th & 6th. Kathy Temean, the area’s Regional Advisor, has put together an outstanding program. Check out this lineup:

Richard Peck - Newbery Award Winning Author
EB Lewis - Coretta Scott King Award, Caldecott Honor Winning Illustrator/Author
Lauri Hornik - VP and Publisher, Dial
Margery Cuyler - Publisher, Marshall Cavendish
Steve Meltzer - Associate Publisher/ Executive Managing Editor, Dial, Dutton, & Celebra
Michelle Poploff - VP Editorial Director, Random House
Regina Griffin - Exec. Ed., Egmont USA
Carolyn Yoder - Editor, Calkins Creek Books - Senior Editor, History, HIGHLIGHTS
Nancy Conescu - Editor, Little Brown
Catherine Onder - Editor, HarperCollins
Emily Lawrence - Associate Editor, Simon&Schuster - Aladdin Books
Michele Burke - Associate Editor, Knopf
Lisa Yoskowitz - Ed. Asst., Dutton Children's Books
Eve Adler - Associate Editor, Henry Holt
Tamra Tuller - Editor, Philomel
Kristin Daly - Editor, Balzer & Bray
Emily Van Beek - Agent, Pippin Properties
Scott Treimel - Agent, Scott Treimel Literary Agency
Jill Corcoran - Associate Agent, Herman Agency
Rachel Orr - Agent, Prospect Agency
Jenni Ferrari-Adler - Agent, Brick House Literary Agents
Marietta Zacker - Agent, Nancy Galt Literary Agency
Scott Piehl - Design Director, Disney Group BFYR
Tim Gillner - Art Director, Boyds Mill Press
TS Ferguson- Assistant Editor, Little Brown

I will also be attending the SCBWI National Conference in LA August 7th-10th. The faulty for Nationals is too long to list here. Check out the SCBWI website for all the juicy details.

I look forward to meeting many of you at one or both of these conferences.