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Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Holly Goldberg Sloan
Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent her childhood living in Holland, Istanbul, Turkey, Washington DC, Berkeley, California and Eugene, Oregon. After graduating from Wellesley College and spending some time as an advertising copywriter, she began writing and directing family feature films, including Angels in the Outfield and Made in America. […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Michael Grant
Michael Grant is the evil genius of YA Fiction. By his own admission he sets out to scare his readers. That might explain why one of his biggest fans is Stephen King who called The Gone Series ‘A driving, torrential narrative’. But Michael is interested in more than just scaring people. With his major new […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Will McIntosh
Will McIntosh is a Hugo award winner and finalist for the Nebula and eleven other awards. His most recent novels are Watchdog and Burning Midnight (Penguin Random House). His previous book Defenders (Orbit Books) was optioned by Warner Brothers for a feature film, while Love Minus Eighty was named the best science fiction book of […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Erin Clarke
Erin Clarke is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House, where she has been for fourteen years. Erin works on a wide range of projects from picture books to young adult fiction. She is the editor of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt, at the age of seven, stumbled and fell into an alligator pit in San Antonio, Texas, a place where there should be no alligators or alligator pits. Fortunately she was a lot bigger than the alligator, who was more scared of her than she was of it! She is a member of the […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Andrea Somberg
A literary agent for over fifteen years, Andrea Somberg represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including projects for adult, young adult and middle grade audiences. Previously an agent at the Donald Maass Agency and Vigliano Associates, she joined Harvey Klinger Literary Agency in the spring of 2005. Her clients’ books have been NYTimes […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Elena Mechlin
Elena Mechlin joined Pippin Properties in June of 2009. Having begun her publishing career in subsidiary rights, moving on to children’s book marketing with a stint in audio, she realized that a position in agenting would enable her to continue to be involved in the many aspects of publishing about which she is so passionate […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Jeff Ourvan
Jeff Ourvan, an attorney, published author and former editor, is a literary agent with the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. His interests are varied: he represents non-fiction works, especially memoirs, histories, biographies, international current events and sports. He also represents fiction works, particularly in the young adult, thriller and international fiction categories. Prior to his career […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Katie Grimm
Katie Grimm joined Don Congdon Associates in 2007. She is interested in vivid literary fiction, transportive historical fiction, up-market women’s fiction, cohesive short story collections, lurid mysteries and thrillers with exotic settings, high-concept young adult, and middle grade and children’s with heart and humor. Most importantly, she hooked by fiction with emotional resonance and longevity, and in […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Marie Lamba
Marie Lamba joined the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency as an Associate Agent in 2011. She is the author of the young adult novel WHAT I MEANT, OVER MY HEAD, and DRAWN. Her work appears in the short story anthology LIAR LIAR and the anthology CALL ME OKAASAN: ADVENTURES IN MULTICULTURAL MOTHERING. Marie’s articles appear […]