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Contact
Margaret Speaker YuanSociety of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
norcaconference@yahoo.com
Where
Mills College, Lucie Stern HallSchedules
MG & YA Session
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome
8:45 Eric Elfman, Author & Crit Editor
9:30 Break
9:45 Deborah Warren, Agent
10:30 Break / Please visit our bookstore
11:00 Schuyler Hooke, Senior Editor, Random House
12:00 Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 Speaker & PAL Author Signing
1:30 Panel / First-time authors
Naheed Hasnat, Shooting Kabul
Rose Cooper, Gossip From The Girls' Room
Diana Greenwood, Insight
2:00 Andrea Welch, Editor
2:45 Paul Rodeen, Agent
3:15 Break / Bookstore & booksigning
3:45 Deborah Lee Rose, Author
4:45 Final Notes
PB & Chapter Book Session
8:15 Registration
8:45 Welcome
9:00 Deborah Lee Rose, Author
9:45 Paul Rodeen, Agent
10:30 Break / Please visit our bookstore
11:00 Andrea Welch, Editor
12:00 Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 Speaker & PAL Author Book Signing
1:30 Panel / First-time authors
Nikki Smith, The Little Christmas Elf
Jeanne Harvey, My Hands Sing the Blues,
Amy Gibson, Around the World on Eighty Legs
2:00 Deborah Warren, Agent
2:45 Schuyler Hooke, Senior Editor, Random House
3:15 Break / Bookstore & book signing
3:45 Eric Elfman, Author & Crit Editor
4:45 Final Notes
Fall Conference Coordinators
Regional Advisor
Colette Weil Parrinello
Assistant Regional Advisor
Keely Parrack
Speaker Coordinator
Beyond the Bay Co-coordinator
Anne Reilly
Volunteer Coordinator
Beyond the Bay Co-coordinator
Charles Markee
North Bay Coordinator
Louise Henriksen
George Henriksen
Online Reg Packet, Tech Support
Sherry Wright
Registrar
Nanette McGuiness
PAL Booksigning
Angie Azur
Email Questions Support
Kathy Urban
Volunteer Dinner Host
Constance Anderson
Masthead & Logo Design
Schuyler Hooke, Senior Editor & Author, Random House Books For Young Readers & Golden Books.
Schuyler Hooke graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Communication Studies. He has worked in kids' retail books; edited the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club selection newsletter: and managed Scholastic's Arrow Book Club for grades 4-6. At Random House, he is an editor and author involved with the publication of books for ages 1-14.
Paul Rodeen, Agent, Rodeen Literary Management www.rodeenliterary.com Paul Rodeen established Rodeen Literary Management in 2009 after seven years of experience with the literary agency Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Paul discovered and helped develop many premier writers and illustrators of children’s literature.
Andrea Welch, Editor, Beach Lane Books, Simon and Schuster
http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/beach-lane-books
Andrea Welch is a Senior Editor at Beach Lane Books, a San Diego-based imprint of Simon & Schuster. She works with a long list of authors and illustrators. Recent books she's edited include the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas by Keith Baker and the multiple-starred-review recipients Rah, Rah, Radishes! by April Pulley Sayre. Andrea acquires projects ranging from very young picture books to middle-grade and teen novels—especially those that are filled with heart, humor, and irresistible characters.
Deborah Warren, Agent, East/West Literary Agency
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/eastwestagency/
Deborah Warren, a highly accomplished sales and marketing executive, with nearly 30 years of publishing experience, is the founder of East West Literary Agency, LLC. East/West Literary Agency, LLC represents a wide range of New York Times bestselling, award-winning Newbery and Caldecott medalists, as well as a diverse list of adult non-fiction authors.The Agency’s children’s list, their specialty, includes talented authors, illustrators, and author/illustrators in houses ranging from A—Z.
Deborah Lee Rose, Author
http://www.deborahleerose.com/
Deborah Lee Rose is an internationally published children's author, whose picture books have twice won the top Gold Award of the National Parenting Publications Association (NAPPA) and have been included in the New York Public Library 100 Children's Books to Read and Share. She is the author of 11 books with two more now being illustrated for publication. She has also been a children's book reviewer, public science writer, speech writer, feature writer and editor. She is currently the blog/newsletter writer for the national informal science education project howtosmile.org.
Eric Elfman, Author & Crit Editor
http://www.elfmanworld.com/elfmanworld.html
I write books for middle grade kids and young adults. My bestsellers include THE VERY SCARY ALMANAC and THE ALMANAC OF GROSS, DISGUSTING & TOTALLY REPULSIVE (both published by Random House, both in their sixth printings, the latter an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers). With my friend and occasional writing partner, Neal Shusterman, we have just signed a three book deal to co-write a series of middle grade sci-fi/action novels, the first of which, TESLA'S ATTIC, will be released in Fall 2012.
2010/2011 Debut Authors On Our Panels
Nikki Smith, PB, 
The Little Christmas Elf, Random House/Little Golden Books
Jeanne Harvey, PB, 
My Hands Sing the Blues, Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books
Amy Gibson, PB, 
Around the World on Eighty Legs, Scholastic
Naheed Hasnat, MG, 
Shooting Kabul, Simon and Schuster
Rose Cooper, MG, 
Gossip From The Girls' Room A Blogtastic! Novel, Delacorte/Random House
http://rosecooperwriter.blogspot.com
Diana Greenwood, MG, 
Insight, Zondervan
http://www.dianagreenwood.com/
