Literary Giants Sign iPad

The following people signed my iPad while I was at the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) Conference in L.A. last month.

I think it is the coolest iPad in the world!

Bruce Coville - Author "My Teacher Is An Alien, Aliens Ate My Homework" Series, Literary Legend

Marla Frazee - Illustrator, Author (2 Time Caldecott Honor, Golden Kite Award)

Kadir Nelson - Illustrator (2 Time Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Award, Sibert Award)

Jerry Pinkney - Illustrator (5 Time Caldecott Honor, Caldecott Medal 2010 "The Lion and The Mouse")

Richard Jesse Watson - Illustrator (New York Times Bestseller List 2006 "The Night Before Christmas," Golden Kite)

Jay Asher- Author ( 2007 New York Times Best Seller "Thirteen Reasons Why")

Libba Bray - Author (New York Times Best Seller "A Great and Terrible Beauty," 2010 Michael L. Printz Award "Going Bovine")

David Small & Sara Stewart- Illustrator & Author (Caldecott Honor, 2001 Caldecott Medal "So You Want To Be President?", #1 New York Times Best Seller) (Caldecott, Michigan Author Award)

Gary Paulsen - Author (3 Time Newberry Honor, Completed 1985 Iditarod Trail Race (1,049 Mile Sled Dog Race, Alaska)

Norton Juster - Author, Academy Award 1963 - "The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics," "The Phantom Tollbooth"

Arthur K. Levine -  Editor (Harry Potter, Scholastic), Author

Diane Muldrow - Editor (Golden Books), Author

Paul O. Zelinsky - Illustrator (Caldecott Medal "Rapunzel," 3 Caldecott Honors)

David Diaz - Illustrator (Caldecott Medal "Smoky Night," 3 Pura Belpré Awards)

Mark Twain - Author … Wait, no, ... scratch that. Mark Twain didn't sign it.

Related Link: Paul O. Zelinsky thought I was so weird he posted a picture of me with my iPad on his Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-O-Zelinsky/194853943905206

You'll have to scroll down to Aug.6. to see it.

Happy Creating,

Carolyn Dee Flores

Interview with Diane Muldrow, Editorial Director Golden Books/Random House

Diane Muldrow is Editorial Director at Golden Books/Random House. She is  the author of "We Planted a Tree", and other children's books - including several board books.  She is also the editor of keepsake editions of many Little Golden Book Classics such as "The Little Red Hen" and "The Bunny Book."

Click here for an interview with Diane Muldrow by Kimberly Gee - SCBWI Illustrator Showcase Mentee: Class of 2010.

I was fortunate enough to attend Diane Muldrow’s “Creating the Picture Book: Master Class” at the 2010 SCBWI  Conference in L.A. I heard the class sold out in 15 minutes.

Lucky me, I got in. Diane Muldrow's class took my understanding of picture books and the picture book format to an entirely new level. I recommend it highly. Not only that, but the talent in that class was crazy cool. Here are just a few of the notables:

Bradley Cooper - Honorable mention - Tomie dePaola 2011 Award - (Announced yesterday)

John Deininger -  

http://www.johndeininger.com

National and Regional SCBWI portfolio awards (Honorable mention, '08 International Winter Conference; 2nd runner-up, '09 Western Washington Conference).

Debbie Ohi -   

 http://www.inkygirl.com

Honor Award & a Mentorship Award in the 2010 SCBWI Illustrator Portfolio Showcase in L.A.

Currently illustrating a book by writer/comedian/actor Michael Ian Black for Simon Schuster, due out in 2012.

Sheli Peterson -  

http://www.spetersenillustration.com

Clients include Highlights for Children,

Ilustrator of six children's books including:  

• Gigi and the Birthday Ringby Giselle Fernandez  
• Voladores by Patricia Petersen  
• Los Genios de la Montaña by Raquel Benatar  
• Itza—The Boy Who Rode a Jaguar by Leonard Bernard  
• Magali—An Aztec Legend about Good Fortune by Patricia Petersen

These are just a few more SCBWI success stories.

Keep writing and illustrating,

Carolyn Dee Flores

http://www.carolynflores.com/