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you can use these for your students to contact authors (or their people).  It was suggested that students tweet their reviews of the authors' books to them.

Great resource to find official websites for authors and illustrators. In Indiana, we also have free access to teachingbooks.net for this as well.

Little Brown list of authors and illustrators who visit, connect with Skype, and more. Some fees are listed.

You also have the ability to add authors to the list

Includes games, search engines, book reviews and trailers, authors, and more

Webinar on Skyping authors, June 7.

Great site for books, with things for every age level and many interviews with authors. (UK)

Lots of info about Ohio authors, a book festival, and more

Many resources from the author, Padma Venkatraman

Internet Archive article from 2019

Nice site with author info, resources for new middle grade books, and more.

A mix of virtual and in-person, free and paid visits.

type in an author's name to get suggestions of other authors with similar works

Novel Conversations is a free statewide lending library creating conversations across county lines and within communities. Through Novel Conversations, Indiana Humanities lends sets of books to Indiana book clubs, offers program and discussion suggestions, arranges author speaking events, and extends social sharing opportunities. We lend more than 360 titles, primarily fiction and biography, to reading and discussion groups at libraries, senior centers, schools, and other organizations, free of charge. Books include classic titles such as Little Women and To Kill a Mockingbird , as well as contemporary titles such as The Poisonwood Bible and The Time Traveler's Wife. View the book list for a complete listing.

The librarian area on Reading Rockets has author videos, many booklists, and links to useful information in cooperation with ALA.

Great, thorough article about educators and authors using pinterest.

This blog, started by two New York moms, reviews many children's books.  They are searchable by title, author, reading level, and more.  Their rating system is a bit different than many other (such as levels of humor)

Although written by an author for other purposes, these are great directions you could use with students.

Minnesota Reads.  What would be comparable to this for our state?  Wonder who's behind it.