Mary Pope Osborne
Wednesday August 6th, from 2 pm to 3 pm, Eastern Daylight Time MISSED IT but you can read the transcript here!
Mary Pope Osborne is the author of many acclaimed books for young people. Her books include The Magic Tree House series, The Brave Little Seamstress and New York's Bravest. A world traveler, she splits her time between an apartment in Greenwich Village, a cabin in Pennsylvania and a home overlooking a lake in Connecticut which she shares with her husband and occasional co-author, Will Osborne and their faithful terrier, Bailey.

Gary Paulsen
Wednesday July 9th, from 2 pm to 3 pm, Eastern Daylight Time MISSED IT but you can read the transcript here!
Paulsen is a master storyteller who has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today and three of his novels - Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room - were Newbery Honor Books. A youthful summer of rigorous chores on a farm; jobs as an engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, and sailor; and two rounds of the 1,180-mile Alaskan dog sled race, the Iditarod; have provided ample material from which he creates his powerful stories. Gary Paulsen joins us from his boat, as he sails the Pacific Ocean - alone!

Jacqueline Woodson
Wednesday July 23rd, from 2 pm to 3 pm, Eastern Daylight Time MISSED IT ... but you can read the transcript here!
Jacqueline Woodson, the author of Locomotion, Hush, Miracle's Boys, and I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award and was a recent finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. A former drama therapist for runaways and homeless children, she now writes full time. Though she spends most of her time writing, she also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers, encouraging young people to write, heated political conversations with her friends, and sewing.

Avi
Wednesday July 30th, from 2 pm to 3 pm, Eastern Daylight Time MISSED IT ... but you can read the transcript here!
Avi's most recent book Crispin, won the Newbery Award. He is well known to his readers for two very different books, both Newbery Honor Award winners, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth. Avi was born in 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. He is married and has sons. He has written mystery, adventure, fantasy and ghost stories. One message he extends to all readers is, "Listen and watch the world around you. Try to understand why things happen. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you. Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get answers on your own. Understand why you believe things. Finally, write what you honestly feel, then learn from the criticism that will always come your way."