Chautauqua Workshop - 2002 Faculty

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	SANDY ASHER Sandy is the award-winning author of eighteen books, more than three dozen plays, and more than 200 articles, stories, and poems in magazines. She's also the editor of two collections of fiction, including With All My Heart, With All My Mind, winner of the 1999 National Jewish Book Award in children's literature. Her new picture book, Stella's Dancing Days, was released by Harcourt in May 2001.
	BARBARA BARSTOW Barb is head of Children's Services for the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Cleveland. Her great love is children's books. She chaired the 1999 Caldecott Committee, served on the 1994 Newbery Committee, was a judge for the 1997 New York Times Best Illustrated Books and the 2001 Boston Globe Horn Book Awards, and has served on many other award juries and committees. She is the co-author of Beyond Picture Books (Bowker, 1995, 1989) and has written articles for a variety of journals and reference books.
	ANDY BOYLES Andy has served as science editor at Highlights for Children since 1994. Before joining Highlights, Andy wrote a science column for a Pennsylvania newspaper, worked as a science writer at the University of Pittsburgh, and edited a science magazine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He has written and edited hundreds of articles on all aspects of science.
	PAT BRODERICK Pat is the vice-president, editorial director, and cofounder of Teaching PreK-8 (formerly Early Years), a respected and award-winning periodical for educators. For the past fifteen years, the faculty at Chautauqua has been enhanced by her unlimited store of knowledge and heightened awareness of how best to encourage writers and readers.
	KENT L. BROWN JR. Kent is the Editor in Chief of Highlights for Children magazine and has been publisher of Boyds Mills Press since its introduction in 1990. A past-president of the Educational Press Association of America, Kent has served on the publications committee of the International Reading Association and is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the American Society of Magazine Editors, and the National Press Club. Kent was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, a national, non-profit nature education organization located in Jamestown, NY.
	JUDY BURKE Judy joined the staff of Highlights for Children in 1995 as an editorial intern and is currently an associate editor. She edits fiction for advanced readers and writes several monthly features for the magazine. Judy has edited a Boyds Mills Press craft book called Look What You Can Make with Paper Bags. She has also edited the 2000 and 2001 editions of My Own Pages, a journal for kids, and has co-edited the edition for 2002.
	MARY LOU CARNEY Mary Lou is the creator of two magazines for young people and the author of seventeen books. In 1998, she created and became editor in chief of the award-winning Guideposts for Teens magazine, which is published six times each year. In 1999, she launched Guideposts for Kids on the Web, an electronic magazine based on the popular Guideposts for Kids magazine that she started a decade earlier.
	CHRISTINE FRENCH CLARK Chris is the editor of Highlights for Children, responsible for the magazine in all its formats, including HighlightsKids.com, a subscription-based Web site for kids. Her twenty-plus-year career in children’s publishing includes stints as editor of Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine, Turtle, Jack and Jill, and Children’s Digest. She has also written more than one hundred stories, poems, and lesson segments.
	JOY COWLEY Joy's love for children's literature is "a commitment that borders on obsession." From her ranch on New Zealand's Marlborough Sound, she endeavors to bring "three gifts for the child: achievement, affirmation, and literature" in her early-reading stories. In 1990, New Zealand awarded its Commemorative Medal to Joy for her service to Children's Literature. In 1992, she received the Order of the British Empire, which acknowledges her distinguished service to the arts and sciences. Joy's novels and picture books regularly receive top honors. Countless children know her classic Mrs. Wishy-Washy. Among her most recent titles are The Rusty, Trusty Tractor; Big Moon Tortilla; Agapanthus Hum and the Eyeglasses; Red-Eyed Tree Frog; Starbright and the Dream Eater; Mrs. Goodstory; and Where Horses Run Free. Her book The Silent One received the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year award and has been made into a film shown on the Disney Channel.
	ANDREA EARLY Andrea has worked in children’s publishing as an author, editor, and publicist, and is currently a consulting editor for Highlights for Children, where she works on online projects. She is the author of two children’s books and has received the John Burroughs Award for Outstanding Nature Books for Children and two National Science Teachers Awards. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Highlights Foundation.
	BERNETTE FORD Bernette was the VP/Editorial Director of Cartwheel Books for the Very Young at Scholastic from 1989 until the summer of 2001, when she became Director of Special Projects. She is starting up a new, as yet unnamed, multicultural imprint, focusing on African-American, Latino (in English), and eventually Asian and Native American books for young children. Bernette began her editorial career at Random House in 1972 and has held executive positions at Golden Books and Grosset & Dunlap/The Putnam Publishing Company. One of only a handful of African-American children’s book editors, she was the first to be named VP/Associate Publisher at a mainstream publishing house. Bernette is co-author of Bright Eyes, Brown Skin and author of The Hunter Who Was King, a Pop-Up Book of African Folk Tales Retold, both illustrated by her husband, George Ford.
	GEORGE FORD JR. George has illustrated more than two dozen books for children and has received numerous awards and honors, including the first Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration for Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis, recently reissued by Lee & Low. George has also been art director at Eden Advertising and the design director of Black Theater Magazine. His most recent titles are The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, as well as Hanging Out With Mom by Sonia Black and Martin Luther King, Man of Peace, both in Scholastic’s Hello Reader! Series.
	PATRICIA LEE GAUCH Patti is vice-president and publisher of Philomel Books as well as a respected author in her own right. She holds a doctorate in English literature, and has taught childrens literature on the college level and reviewed for The New York Times. Patti has written thirty-nine books for young readers, among them the highly acclaimed Thunder at Gettysburg. Her most recent title, Tanya and the Red Shoes, part of the celebrated Tanya ballet series, is due to be published in spring 2002.
	JAMES CROSS GIBLIN As both an author and editor, Jim has long been active in the world of children’s books. His award-winning nonfiction titles include The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones, and the latest, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Jim is also a contributing editor at Clarion Books, where he was formerly editor in chief, and is the author of a highly regarded manual for adults, Writing Books for Young People.
	ANDREW GUTELLE Andrew is a writer, editor, and editorial consultant who has participated in the development of many publishing projects for children. He has written non fiction books for many publishers, including Random House, Putnam, Workman, and Time-Life Books for Children. Andy received five Emmy nominations for his work on the television show Reading Rainbow.
	DAYTON O. HYDE Dayton is the author of The Major, the Poacher, and the Wonderful One-Trout River, one of the best-loved fishing tales of recent times and winner of the Northwest Book Sellers Award for Literary Excellence. Dayton taught at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference for more than twenty years and has been a Chautauqua faculty member for the past sixteen years. His newest book is Mr. Beans.
	PETER P. JACOBI Peter is professor emeritus of journalism at Indiana University and a consultant with magazines and corporations, helping CEOs, writers, and editors learn to express their ideas more effectively. His articles have appeared in World Book, The New York Times, Highlights for Children, and others. His two guidebooks, The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write It and Writing with Style: The News Story and the Feature, are standard reference sources for journalists.
	JACK MYERS As the senior science editor for Highlights for Children, Jack researches and writes many features for the magazine, including "Science in Action" and "Science Letters", in which he responds to letters sent in by readers. Jack is the author of several science books for Boyds Mills Press, including The Highlights Book of Science Questions That Children Ask, and also evaluates and edits science manuscripts for Highlights and Boyds Mills Press.
	LAURENCE PRINGLE Larry is a renowned writer with nearly one hundred books to his credit, mostly nonfiction, including One Room School, Naming the Cat, which Kirkus called Awarmly appealing, and Everybody Has a Bellybutton: Your Life Before You Were Born. His most recent releases are Sharks! Strange and Wonderful and A Dragon in the Sky: The Story of a Green Darner Dragonfly.
	KIM RICHARDSON Kim is a founding partner of U.K.-based "book packager" Bender Richardson White, which designs and produces children's illustrated nonfiction books for the international market. BRW created the award-winning Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs, Don Lessem's Dinosaur Worlds, and the guidebook component for the Top Secret Adventures series for Highlights for Children.
	MARILETA ROBINSON Marileta made her first sale to Highlights in 1976 and joined Highlights in 1988 as an assistant editor. Currently a senior editor, Marileta edits the international edition of Highlights and writes each month’s installment of the popular "TheTimbertoes" feature. She holds a master’s degree in bilingual education and is a regular speaker at SCBWI conferences around the country.
	LARRY ROSLER Larry is editorial director of Boyds Mills Press, where he has broad responsibilities for acquiring manuscripts and developing them for publication. Before coming to Boyds Mills, Larry was a manager of New Morning Books in New York and worked for Henry Holt and Company, first in marketing and later in editorial on both adult and juvenile titles.
	EILEEN SPINELLI Eileen is an award-winning author and poet whose work includes the 1991 Christopher Award winner, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses, When Mama Comes Home Tonight, Sophie’s Masterpiece, Kittycat Lullaby, and Summerbath/Winterbath. Currently, Eileen has eighteen new books under contract.
	JERRY SPINELLI With titles like Do the Funky Pickle, There’s A Girl in My Hammerlock, and Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?, Jerry Spinelli has won the hearts of many young readers. His 1991 release Maniac Magee won the Newbery Medal, and his eighteenth book, Wringer, received a Newbery Honor. Jerry’s latest, Stargirl, was the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers 2001 Book of the Year.
	RICH WALLACE Rich is the author of four acclaimed novels for young adults: Playing Without the Ball, Wrestling Sturbridge, Shots on Goal, and Restless. He has also authored a short-story collection called Losing Is Not an Option, and a series of sports novels for middle-grade readers called Winning Season. His columns, profiles, and other features have been published in Highlights, Track and Field News, Runner’s World, and other publications. Rich is a former senior editor at HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN.
	CLAY WINTERS Clay, president of Boyds Mills Press, has been in publishing since 1960. Before coming to Boyds Mills Press, he was president of Putnam/Grosset Books for Young Readers, the children's book group of G.P. Putnam & Sons. Clay has taught the rudiments of publishing to aspiring writers and an entrepreneurial course in marketing for several different institutions.
	CAROLYN YODER Carolyn is a writer and an editor for the New Jersey Historical Society and senior editor of history for Highlights for Children. From 1983 to 1996 she served as editor in chief and assistant publisher of Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., publishers of nonfiction magazines and books. She also served as the executive director of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society. Carolyn writes frequently on historical subjects, research, and nonfiction writing.

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