Pacific Coast Children’s Writers Workshop

Fiction Fans! Next event August 19-21, 2011. Team-taught critique clinics with editor and agent;
novel-crafting sessions with a master teacher. Adjunct Teen & Tween workshop. Inquire early!

DIRECTORY OF INTERVIEWS
2006 to Present

Here’s a directory of faculty interviews since our website’s 2006 launch (the workshop’s fourth year). Interviewees’ names are arranged in alphabetical order—except for the upcoming workshop, listed at the top. Agency and publisher names refer to the time of the interview and/or that year’s workshop.

2010 FACULTY

Literary Agent: Ted Malawer (Upstart Crow Literary)
Book Editor: Kate Harrison (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Author-consultant: Laura Backes (Children’s Book Insider publisher; more)
Adjunct Faculty: Liz Gallagher (author of the Wendy Lamb/Random House YA novel
The Opposite of Invisible; teen instructor)

PAST FACULTY

Literary Agents

Cascardi, Andrea (Transatlantic Literary Agency; 2007)
Fraser, Stephen (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency; 2009)
Jaeger, Jennifer Rofe (Andrea Brown Literary Agency; 2006)
Necarsulmer, Edward (McIntosh & Otis, Inc.; 2008)

Book Editors

Clarke, Erin (Knopf/Random House; 2009)
Hoppe, Anne (HarperCollins; 2008)
Neaves, Joy (Front Street; 2006)
Romeis, Julie (Bloomsbury; 2007)
Wayshak, Deborah (Candlewick; 2006)

Author-Consultants

Bauer, Marion Dane (Homework; 2009)
Halverson, Deborah (Interview and Homework; 2008)
Shoup, Barbara (Interview and Homework; 2007)

HEADS UP! Our 30 openings fill fast. For maximum critique options and lowest fees at our August 20-22, 2010 workshop, inquire early. To join our email list for updates, contact us.

Meanwhile, don’t miss our exclusive faculty interviews; read about our innovative masterclass critique clinics and peruse our full weekend schedule. For more information, contact Nancy Sondel—a Children’s Book Insider contributing editor and the workshop’s founding director.

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