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You might know our monthly Notes from the Horn Book feature, "Five questions for .
Saturday 10:00 Candace Fleming, who has just won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Lincolns.
Saturday 12:00 Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medalist.
Saturday 2:00 Ashley Bryan, Wilder Medalist.
Sunday 11:00 Brian Selznick, for one last walk down the runway before he surrenders his Caldecott crown.
Monday 10:00 Laurie Halse Anderson, this year's winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Chains and author of the much talked-about Wintergirls.
Monday 11:30 Beth Krommes, Caldecott Medalist, and she will be accompanied by Susan Marie Swanson, who has promised to read their House in the Night aloud.
Do come! And do here, in the comments, suggest some questions I might ask any or all of them.
More information about our conference activities--dancing boys! beautiful women!--can be found here.
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Melinda
>I've heard of research that states it takes about 10 years of study and hard work before an artist starts creating solid, good work. Has this been the case for each of you?Posted : Jul 07, 2009 08:06
Jennifer Schultz
>No questions off the top of my head! Wow, Roger...just looked at the schedule and this looks great. I always have a gap between a few sessions, but usually not enough time to leave the area at that time. I'm really looking forward to this. Thanks so much.Posted : Jul 07, 2009 02:12
Melinda
>What books have you studied intensely, and what issues of craft do you glean from them? Give examples from the text. (That ought to keep them busy for a while.)Which children's book authors would make the most amusing spectacle when pitted against each other in a Texas cage match?
Texas cage match, main character style: Katniss from Hunger Games or Katsa from Graceling?
What kind of daily goals do you set -- how many hours/day or pages/day do you shoot for to keep the book going?
Posted : Jul 07, 2009 01:37
Anonymous
>Just wondering what you thought of Nicholas Kristof's column listing the "best children's books of all time" (in his opinion, of course). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/opinion/05kristof.html?emI liked the variety (Lad, a Dog vs. Harry Potter and Alex Rider) but feel like there a definitely a few missing.
Posted : Jul 07, 2009 05:24
Melinda
>What happens if you're writing to meet a deadline and your writing suddenly crashes into a brick wall? What measures do you take to keep going?Posted : Jul 06, 2009 06:25