The Mississippi River region of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois have been an inspiration to award-winning author Richard Peck over the years... ... "There's a debt I owe to the Midwest, to Mark Twain and the great river that has nurtured my writing."
The River Between Us by Richard Peck will be published by Puffin in April 2005. This link is to the American edition.
US: January 2005 Archives
EducationGuardian.co.uk | eG weekly | Critics' choice
Lindsey Fraser liked The Cup Of The World by John Dickinson in yesterday's Guardian:
Dickinson's novel is structurally and emotionally complex, the kind of book that nags to be reread and whose layered narrative reveals even more to the mature reader.
Author Koja to discuss origins of 'Straydog'
Author Kathe Koja started writing in the horror and science-fiction genres, but now she's making a name for herself as a leading young-adult author... ...
HeraldNet: Author leaves behind a legacy of children's books
An article about US author Willo Davis Roberts, who died last November:
Her Edgar Awards were in the young adult category in 1997 for "Twisted Summer," in 1995 for "The Absolutely True Story: How I Visited Yellowstone Park With the Terrible Rubes," and in 1989 for "Megan's Island.""Undercurrents," a recent book, has been nominated for a 2004-2005 Mark Twain Award... ...
