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Older houses have attics for storage. Even people who don't have an attic
usually have one room or closet or area where they put everything that they
don't know what to do with, or that they don't have room for anyplace else.
This is my internet attic room.
How to contact me:
Because of the volume of mail I
receive, I cannot respond to individual e-mails.
If you'd like to get a
personal response, you can send me a letter through the regular mail by writing
to me at:
Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt
Children's
Books
222
Berkeley
St.
Boston
MA
02116
Attn:
Vivian Vande Velde Author
Mail
(If you enclose an
envelope already addressed to you and with a stamp, that's even more helpful.)
I'll do my best to get back to you as quickly as I can, but sometimes I
might be delayed because of my writing schedule or because I'm occasionally away
from home at conferences or visiting schools. So don't write to me when you
absolutely, positively MUST have an answer within a couple days.
If you want to write to me regarding a school or library or conference visit,
please contact:
Aquila Cheaney
Author Booking Agent
website: Storyworks
Presentations
e-mail: StoryWorksPresentations@Gmail.com
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Interviews:
Holiday
House Q & A regarding 8 Class Pets (November 2011)
OK, it's not so much an interview, but an article I wrote in response to an invitation from David
Harrison.
 Visit David's website at >http://www.davidlharrison.com/
Or visit the blog at America Writes for
Kids, where the article is reprinted.
Interview conducted by Cynthia Leitich Smith in her on-going series about
authors' critique groups (2011)
 Cynthia has a great website at
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/ where she has wonderful
information for writers and book lovers. Cynthia's newest book is a
gothic fantasy called Blessed.
Interview (conducted by Carly Reads!) for the Greater Rochester
Teen Book Festival (2010)
Interview
conducted by Karin Gaffney (2006)
Harcourt Trade
Publishers (January 2005)
ALAN Review (Fall
2004)
Debbi
Michiko Florence (2004) with updates
in
You can read more about Debbi
at her
website: http://www.debbimichikoflorence.com/
Or take a look at
Something About the Author, available at many libraries.
Or--and I'm
so tickled and yet blush to mention it--there is a biogrphy of me:
Vivian Vande Velde: Author of Fantasy Fiction
written by
Candie Moonshower as part of the "Authors Teens Love" series.
Check out the
effervescent Candie
at her
website: http://www.candiemoonshower.com/
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RACWI
I belong to a group called Rochester Area Children's Writers & Illustrators, which is a network of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. This is an organization for people actively working in the field of writing or illustrating children's books. ("Actively writing" does not necessarily mean "published" but it means more than thinking about writing "someday, when I have the time.") Meetings are in the evening, the first Thursday of the month. If you're interested in joining, you can contact: Roxanne Chadwick at roxanec@rochester.rr.com.
Rochester Children's Book Festival
An annual one-day gathering of authors and illustrators. We sell books, meet with the public, give mini-presentations and workshops. Parking and admission to all Book Festival events are free.
There will be more information about the November 5, 2011 Annual Rochester Children's Book Festival (the 15th!) closer to the date. Meanwhile, you can check out what it was like last year by clicking here.
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Art by Fans
by Whisper from Texas, "Death of Roses"
by Yajaira from Colorado, an illustration of Three Good Deeds
by the exceptionally clever book club at Kennedy Elementary School in Roxbury, NJ, whose members gave themselves goose names, and made goose sculptures
by Hayley, from Texas
by the talented performers from Juneau, Alaska who did a podcast of "For Love of Sunny" from Once Upon a Test
Robert:
Helen:
Elias:
Adrienne:
Smart Dog talks about books, by Isabella of PA:
2 pictures from Heir Apparent by Amanda of WI:
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From Sarah, in Texas:
an illustration of Dragon's Bait, from Kirisa, of Virginia:
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VVV with Flat Stanley
(at Maryland Association of School Librarians Conference: Ocean City, Maryland - 2007)
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America Writes
4 Kids
A good place to find out about
authors.
http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu
Author School
Visits by State
Author Kim Norman's helpful
list for people trying to track down authors by where they live.
http://authorbystate.blogspot.com/
Footprint Press
Rochester biking and hiking
experts Sue and Rich Freeman have formed Footprint Press, which tells about all
that kind of physically exerting stuff. Plus, they have generously set aside a
page featuring Rochester authors.
http://www.footprintpress.com
Stephen
Ministries
My husband, Jim, volunteers as a Stephen Minister. This
is a non-denominational organization that provides an empathetic ear for those
who need someone to talk to.
http://www.stephenministries.org/stephenministry/default.cfm/928
Birthright
Simply because this is a good
organization that does good work. Birthright helps women and girls facing
problem unplanned pregnancies.
http://www.birthright.org
Fawn Meadow Wood
Crafters
Because we're related, and because Bruce does incredible
work.
http://fawnmeadow.com/
A plug for the web
designer
Like this website? Contact From Dark To Light Designs at:
maranda@fdtldesigns.com
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