Hannah Holt is the debut author of The Diamond and the Boy a picture book about diamonds and the person who figured out how to make them. She is going to talk about how to take people from your own family tree and find the seed of a unique and brilliant story.
The League of Exceptional Writers is a free mentoring program sponsored by the Oregon Society of Children’s book Writers and Illustrators and hosted by the Cedar Hills Powell’s Bookstore. We meet every second Saturday at 2pm from October to May. Avid readers and writers ages 8 to 18 are welcome. Please share the poster below with your friends, your school and your library.
Barbara Kerley is the author of Following Baxter a sweet story for anyone who has ever gotten a crush on a dog. She will be sharing her strategies for using research in your writing.
Emily Whitman is the author of THE TURNING, a fabulous story steeped in the selkie mythology of folk who can shape sift into seals. She will be kicking off the year with a look at what really makes a setting sing.