Title: A Thousand Never Evers
Author: Shana Burg
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385734707
1. First off, congratulations on the big novel sale! Give us the elevator pitch. What’s your book about?
Thank you! A Thousand Never Evers tells the story of a twelve-year-old, African American girl named Addie Ann Pickett. She lives in small-town Mississippi [...]
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Shana Burg: A Thousand Never Evers
Posted in Interviews on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Patrick Balester: In the Dismal Swamp
Posted in Interviews on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Title: In the Dismal Swamp
Author: Pat Balester
Publisher: Avalon
Hardcover: 265 pages
ISBN: 978-0803498990
First off, congratulations on the big novel sale! Give us the elevator pitch. What’s your book about?
In The Dismal Swamp is a mystery set in the Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia . My hero, Greg Parnell, is a special agent with the [...]
Daphne Grab: ALIVE AND WELL IN PRAGUE, NEW YORK
Posted in Interviews on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Title: ALIVE AND WELL IN PRAGUE, NEW YORK
Author: Daphne Grab
Publisher: HarperTeen
Hardcover: 256 pages
ISBN: 978-0061256707
1. First off, congratulations on the big novel sale! Give us the elevator pitch. What’s your book about?
It’s about a girl whose dad has Parkinson’s Disease. The family has just moved from NYC to a small town in upstate New York, and [...]
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About Me
Lover of Altoids. Provider of warm lap for two older cats. Tickler of of two small children. I'm Scott William Carter, and lots of labels could apply to me. However, writer is the main one. I've published short stories in such places as Ellery Queen, Analog, Asimov’s, and Weird Tales, as well as in anthologies by Pocket Books and DAW. My own first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, is forthcoming from Simon and Schuster.
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