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Award-winning Young Adult and Children's author Garth Nix was born in 1963. He grew up in Canberra, the federal capital of Australia. After working briefly for the Australian Government, Garth took a long holiday in Europe, returning in 1983 to study for a B.A. in Professional Writing from the University of Canberra. Around this time, he also put in four years as a part-time soldier (or "weekend warrior") with the Australian Army Reserve. After taking his degree in 1986, he worked in a bookshop for some time, then moved to Sydney, where he had various jobs in the publishing industry, from sales rep to publicist, until in 1991 he became a senior editor with a major multinational publisher.

But Sharon Draper, bestselling author and five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award, is among the group of writers who has such a passion for both her professions that she remains active in both in ways that would have most waving the white flag of surrender.

His first book found a home with Scholastic, who also published his next 20 or so books, including six more Bruno and Boots titles, and several award winning young adult titles, among them my personal favorite, Son of Interflux. Scholastic still publishes many of Gordon's titles, though Hyperion Press is also now printing some of Gordon's stories.

He now lives on Long Island, outside of New York City, has approximately 55 books to his credit, and is currently contracted for several more, including the six volume On the Run adventure series, and new young adult and childrens' titles.

Rick Riordan is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the creator of a new series The 39 Clues.

loved if she became a journalist. So when she attended college at Miami University in Oxford, Haddix majored in English and began writing for the school newspaper by the end of her freshman year.

(two brothers and one sister),

2006 - 192 pages - Google eBook - PreviewIn one horrifying night, Andy's life changed forever.books.google.com - More editions

2010 - 304 pages - Google eBook - PreviewFrom award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl that no one knows about because she cannot speak or write.books.google.com

Norma Fox Mazer, an award-winning novelist for young people whose work helped illuminate many dark corners of adolescence, exploring subjects like poverty, betrayal, abandonment and loss, died on Oct. 17 at her home in Montpelier, Vt. She was 78.

The cause was brain cancer, her daughter Anne Mazer said.

Garth Nix is the New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed novels Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, as well as the Seventh Tower series. His latest series is Keys to the Kingdom, a seven-part series. Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world — where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets. Mister Monday launched the series and won the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Novel. Arthur Penhaligon suffers a near-fatal asthma attack, but it is a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock that saves him. When a stranger named Mister Monday stops at nothing to retrieve the key, Arthur ventures into a house that contains an entire world and only he can see. It is where he must unravel the secrets of the key. In the second installment, Grim Tuesday, Arthur meets a new enemy who threatens both Arthur's family and his well-being. Drowned Wednesday is the third book as well as the name of the enemy who draws Arthu

even deeper into the mystery of the House. After receiving his degree in professional writing from the University of Canberra, he started working in the publishing industry, steadily moving from the positions of sales rep to publicist. In 1991 he became a senior editor with a major multinational publisher. After a period in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in 1993, he left publishing to work as a marketing communications consultant. In 1999, he reentered the publishing world to become a part-time literary agent. Garth Nix currently lives in Sydney with his family and lots of books.