Bailey, Diane
Diane Bailey has sold three non-fiction books for children, Cyber Ethics (Rosen, 2008), Extreme Careers: Brain Surgeon (Rosen, 2008), and Mary J. Blige (Rosen, 2009), and is furiously finishing two more. She is currently marketing two middle grade novels. The Jack Factor is a light fantasy that retells the Jack and the Beanstalk story, and Steamed! is historical fiction that explores the steamboat-railroad rivalry of the 1850s. She’s also written Firekeepers, a non-fiction book for young readers about the history of fire in the United States. And with her stepfather, she co-wrote an adult murder mystery, “Murder in Four Parts,” which is set in the world of Sweet Adelines (That’s women’s barbershop singing, in case you were wondering. Diane used to be a Sweet Adeline.)
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Cook, Colleen Ryckert
Colleen Ryckert Cook is a freelance writer and editor and current regional advisor for Kansas Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The Rosen Group has published three books by Colleen: Kentucky Past and Present (August 2010), Teen FAQ: Cancer Decisions for You and Your Family and Teen FAQ: Social Networking (both January 2011). Two more titles, America’s Supernatural Secrets: Werewolves in America and Call of Duty: Your Career in the Marines, will come out in 2012.
Colleen has completed one upper middle grade supernatural thriller about a boy trying to resist the lure of a werewolf curse. She also is revising a women’s fiction manuscript. Among her colleagues she most likely wins the prize for shortest piece ever published: Her six-word memoir appears on page 68 in Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs From Writers Famous and Obscure (Harper Perennial, 2008).
Clark, Sarah
Sarah Clark’s day job has her writing stories and editing behind-the-scenes video for Fox4KC.com. Her literary publications include a short story in Well Versed, the primary literary publication of the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers’ Guild and numerous editorials in the Maryville Daily Forum. Sarah and her first novel, GLORY B, are represented by Jennifer DeChiara of The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency.
Clardy, Tammy
Tammy has been published in The Missouri Reader, The Cash-Book Journal, and CowboyPoetry.com. She is currently marketing humorous children’s poetry and working on her first memoir.
Cindrich, Lisa
Lisa Cindrich is the author of the upper middle-grade historical novel IN THE SHADOW OF THE PALI: A STORY OF THE HAWAIIAN LEPER COLONY (Putnam, 2002) and has also published poetry and fiction for adults in The Nation, The Florida Review, and other journals. After many years working as a reference librarian, she’s now at home with a toddler and writing whenever she can!
Current projects include an upper middle-grade supernatural novel, a picture book about mutts and another picture book about a young witch’s Christmas adventure. She has also cowritten and is marketing an adult novel of suspense set in a dystopian future United States.
Casteel, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Casteel has a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from Kansas State University. Her writing inspirations include prehistoric beasties and unicorns with an attitude. She is currently working on a middle grade science fiction novel.
Bailey, Jenn
Jenn Bailey is a native Rhode Islander so she actually knows what people mean when they say “As big as 3 Rhode Islands.” Jenn graduated from Boston University with a degree in Film and Broadcasting with an emphasis in screenwriting. Jenn teaches social media to writers and has spoken at SCBWI’s national conferences as well as regional events. Jenn is also the editor of the Kansas SCBWI newsletter – In The Wind. She is always looking for good content and you can submit at windeditor-at-yahoo.com.
Stories & poems in print
A Quilter’s Craft – The Patchwork Press
Various articles
Author visits:
I speak on Social Media – training workshops, theory presentations and hands-on boot camps.
Presentations:
Sweet Tweets – All about Twitter
Friend your Facebook
YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn – Why they matter
Social Media 101
The Power of Blogging
The Real Deal on Viral Marketing and Promotion
