Kid Lit Salon - The Revisionaries

Speakers: Critique Group The Revisionaries, with Maria Van Lieshout, Gianna Marino, Jim Averbeck, Karen Ehrhardt, Lynn E. Hazen, & Yuyi Morales
Corte Madera store

Members of a 10 year-old Critique Group - The Revisionaries discuss their work, the pros and cons of critique groups, and what makes theirs work.

Maria Van Lieshout is the Author and Illustrator of the Critically acclaimed “Little Book” series, TUMBLE, PEEP, BLOOM, and SPLASH, which received starred reviews from PW and School Library Journal. She was born and lived in Holland until she fell head over wooden shoes in love with San Francisco, where she currently lives in a 100-year old Victorian with her husband Peter and their son Max.
www.mariavanlieshout.com

Gianna Marino has been a full time illustrator and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 20 years. After several years in a corporate box with no windows, Gianna left for good and was soon invited into the Revisionaries writer's group to expand her writing and illustration. She has published numerous articles for travel magazines and more recently, two picture books—Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet and One Too Many (Chronicle Books).
www.giannamarino.com

Jim Averbeck’s first book, In a Blue Room, won a Charlotte Zolotow Honor for writing. He is the illustrator of the serialized novel, A Long Walk to Water by Newbery winner Linda Sue Park. His second picture book, Except If, will be published by Atheneum in Spring 2011, OH NO! (Atheneum, Spring 2012) and The Market Bowl. (Charlesbridge, Fall 2012).
www.JimAverbeckBooks.com

Karen Ehrhardt’s swinging debut, This Jazz Man, landed on the N.Y. Public Library's list “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing,” and is one of the "Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know" (NEA). Featuring jazz immortals such as Louis Armstrong, this sing-along picture book was praised by The New York Times as, “a whole lot of fun,” and Publishers Weekly called it “just right as an uptempo introduction for the youngest music lovers.” Karen gives author talks and teaches writing workshops for kids.
www.ThisJazzMan.com

Lynn E. Hazen’s young adult novel, Shifty was chosen as VOYA’s top shelf fiction, a CCBC Choice, and a Smithsonian Notable. Her younger books include: Mermaid Mary Margaret (a middle grade novel which Kirkus called “a winner”), Cinder Rabbit, The Amazing Trail of Seymore Snail, and Buzz Bumble. Lynn teaches classes in writing at Stanford Continued Studies.
www.LynnHazen.com

Yuyi Morales is an award winning Illustrator/Author with such beautiful books as Little Night, My Abuelita, Harvesting Home, and Sand Sister. As of right now, she is the one member of the Revisionaries who is unable to join our panel. But we’re crossing our fingers she’ll figure out a way to make it work!
www.yuyimorales.com

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Kid Lit Salon
Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Salon • Led by Lissa Rovetch
4th Monday each month • 7:00-9:00 pm • $120 per year
The Kid Lit Salon is for both established and beginning children’s book writers and illustrators. Come socialize with like-minded, creative types in your field. Our evenings include a wildly diverse array of speakers, member updates, events, conferences, and insider tips. Writer and illustrator Lissa Rovetch is the author of Ook the Book and the Hot Dog and Bob chapter book series. She illustrated her 84 year-old mother's book There Was a Man Who Loved a Rat and Other Vile Little Poems, writes the "Ask Arizona" series for Highlights Magazine, and teaches at the California College of the Arts. Vist www.lissarovetch.com.