2002 Founders Workshop Faculty

	SUSAN CAMPBELL BARTOLETTI An award-winning author of picture books, novels, and nonfiction for children. Her awards include the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, SCBWI Golden Kite Honor, School Library Journal Best Book, Booklist Editors' Choice, and a Smithsonian Notable, among others. In 2001, the Pennsylvania School Librarian Association named her "Outstanding Pennsylvania Author of the Year." She has published nonfiction photo essays, such as Growing up in Coal Country and Kids on Strike, and historical novels, such as No Man's Land and A Coal Miner's Bride, a Dear America book. Her fall 2001 titles are a picture book, A Christmas Promise, illustrated by David Christiana (Blue Sky/Scholastic), and a nonfiction book, Black Potatoes: the Story of the Great Irish Famine. Susan holds a Ph.D. in English and is a visiting associate professor of creative writing in the Graduate Program of Children's Literature at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.
	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.
	VIRGINIA BUCKLEY Contributing editor, Clarion Books, who will discuss the children's nonfiction book industry trends and field questions. Before joining Clarion in 1997, Virginia Buckley was editorial director of Lodestar Books, a children's hardcover imprint with Penguin Putnam. She acquired and edited books in all genres from picture books to fiction and nonfiction for young adults. Virginia has been award-winning author Katherine Paterson's editor for thirty years. A recent nonfiction title she worked on is Marc Aronson's Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, which won the first Sibert Award for an Informational Book.
	JOY COWLEY In 1990, New Zealand awarded Joy its Commemorative Medal for her service to children’s literature, and in 1992 she received the Order of the British Empire, which acknowledges her distinguished service to the arts and sciences. She is the author of numerous books, including her most recent, Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark, Mrs. Goodstory, and Mrs. Wishy-Washy.
	ALLAN A. DE FINA Author of When a City Leans Against the Sky, a collection of poetry that celebrates the many "lives" of a city. He has twice received the William Carlos Williams Poetry Award for New Jersey Poets, is a former columnist for Instructor magazine's "Poetry Pages," and has authored several articles on alternative methods of literacy assessment. His book on methods of teaching poetry is forthcoming from Scholastic Professional Books. Allan is also an associate professor in the Department of Literacy Education at New Jersey City University and holds a Ph.D. from the Psychological Foundations of Reading program at New York University.
	REBECCA KAI DOTLICH Accomplished children's poet, frequent speaker at IRA and NCTE national and local conferences, and former writer-in-residence in the Dekalb County School District in Northern Indiana. Rebecca Kai Dotlich is an award-winning poet who has published numerous children's poetry books, including When Riddles Come Rumbling; Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems; Sweet Dreams of the Wild: Poems for Bedtime; Away We Go!; What Is Round?; What Is Square?; and What Is a Triangle?. Dotlich has extensive experience speaking about poetry at various venues, including the Buffalo Writing Conference and the Kentucky Bluegrass Writing Project. In addition, she has been a poetry advisor for Creative Classroom magazine.
	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.
	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 children's 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.