Anne Marie Pace is a picture book author whose books include GROUNDHUG DAY (Disney-Hyperion, 2017, illustrated by Christopher Denise); PIGLOO (Henry Holt, 2016, illustrated by Lorna Hussey); two original paperbacks for the Scholastic Reading Club; BUSY-EYED DAY (Beach Lane Books, 2018, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon); SUNNY’S TOW TRUCK SAVES THE DAY (Abrams Appleseed, 2019, illustrated by Christopher Lee); and the four books of the VAMPIRINA BALLERINA series (Disney-Hyperion, 2012-2018, illustrated by LeUyen Pham), which has been adapted into the hit Disney Junior animated series VAMPIRINA. Her latest book is MOUSE CALLS, illustrated by Erin Kraan, from Beach Lane Books. She lives with her family in Virginia.

“The faculty, Sudipta [Bardhan-Quallen] & Anne Marie [Pace] were fantastic. It was wonderful to receive direction from such established and prolific writers. They brought a great deal of enthusiasm to their presentations.”

“The tools Sudipta [Bardhan-Quallen] and Anne Marie have given me are priceless. I also appreciate the encouragement. I’m going to keep working and trying. Thank you so much!”