Nancy Pistorius earned accolades in the 2009 Langston Hughes Creative Writing Contest. Nancy submitted the first pages of her novel, PEKING DUCK, in the fiction category and will be honored at the awards ceremony in the Lawrence Arts Center auditorium on February 1, 2009 at 2 PM. Congratulations, Nancy!
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Debra McArthur grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where her high school experience included church activities, choir, drum and bugle corps, and the kind of drama and angst that make a person really glad to grow up. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. She has written eight nonfiction books for young readers. A Voice for Kanzas is Debra’s first novel.
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Lisa Wade McCormick is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience as a newspaper reporter and investigative television producer. She’s worked for The Independence Examiner, The Greeley Tribune, and KCTV. Her stories have won numerous awards, including two Emmy’s and the I.R.E. Medal for outstanding investigative reporting.
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Cindi’s currently living in a small Middle Eastern country where she’s researching folk tales and oral history while procrastinating her way through her first book. Stateside, her stories and articles have appeared in print and online publications including Stories for Children, KidzWonder, Nature Friend, and homeschooling and parenting magazines. Upcoming stories are scheduled to appear in Highlights High Five, Humpty Dumpty and Stories for Children, with sold tales awaiting publication dates at Highlights for Children. Cindi’s a busy blogger and former copywriter and has written two books…
Sheila is an author/illustrator and member of SCBWI. Her work has been recognized with various awards, including the Kimberly Colen Memorial Grant. She has been published in several children’s magazines and educational journals and is currently marketing a young adult historical novel.