Book Passage is pleased to announce the addition of Mac Barnett and Gennifer Choldenko to the faculty of the 2012 Book Passage Children's Writers and Illustrators Conference, June 14-17 in Corte Madera, California. Visit Mac Barnett's website 
Mac Barnett
Barnett's books include Mustache!, Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem, Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World), and The Clock Without a Face. Time magazine named his picture book Guess Again!, as the #2 Picture Book of 2010. The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, the first Brixton Brothers book, was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2010. Mac’s on the board of directors for 826LA, a nonprofit writing center for students in Los Angeles.
Choldenko is an experienced writer and an inspiring teacher. She’s won numerous honors for her work. Her book Notes from a Liar and Her Dog was a California Book Award winner. Her book Al Capone Does My Shirts was named a Newbery Honor Book. Her other books include Louder, Lili, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Al Capone Shines My Shoes (a sequel to Al Capone Does My Shirts), and No Passengers Beyond This Point. Gennifer is hard at work on the last book in the Al Capone trilogy, which is due out in 2012. A good deal of the research for the Al Capone books was accomplished while serving as a docent on Alcatraz Island.
Visit Gennifer Choldenko's website
Join us for the 6th Annual Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference. The Conference will cover all aspects of writing and illustrating for children—from developing ideas to honing skills to finding a publisher. Students will work closely with other writers and illustrators, as well as with agents, editors, and publishers. The conference is designed to meet the differing needs of those who create for different age groups.
Students choose an area of emphasis for the morning sessions, such as writing for picture books, early readers, young adult books or illustration, and then work with a teacher in a workshop setting. In the afternoon, students choose from panels of common interest, such as working with editors, working with agents, marketing and promotion. There will be many opportunities for faculty and students to talk, laugh, and exchange ideas in classes, lunches, and at evening events.
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