"If he chose to leave, it was under duress," said Oliver, adding that she had made it clear to Asher that the SCBWI wanted him out.
"We are unable to comment on Jay Asher's relationship with SCBWI because we have had no involvement with or knowledge of our author's history with this organization," reads the statement from Penguin Young Readers, which currently has no plans for new books by Asher.
Boys especially will be turning the pages, cheering Jack on, as season after season, he learns to best his fears." - Esther Hershenhorn; Former
SCBWI Board Member, award winning children's author & teacher at the University of Chicago Writer's Studio.
TL: You also are an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
KMH: When I speak at SCBWI conferences, it's like a love lest--and I hope it cuts both ways.
"I wanted to do something geared towards children because I know how much books meant to me growing up," says Carroll, a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (
SCBWI) and the Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU).
Recently, at a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (
SCBWI) conference, I met up with Chris Crutcher and John Coy, two writers who also write books about growing up using the sports world as backdrop.
She is a graduate of the University of California San Diego and the Institute of Children's Literature and is a member of
SCBWI, Children's Book Insider, and The Working Writer's Club.
She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and the Institute of Children's Literature and a member of
SCBWI and The Working Writers Club.
Sharon is an active member of
SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Assistant Regional Advisor for
SCBWI AZ.
Seidman is a member of
SCBWI, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and a founding member of a local children's book writing critique group.
She learned how to hone her writing skills at the Institute of Children's Literature and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (
SCBWI), the League of Utah Writers, and Heritage Writer's Guild (chapter president).