Laura Lascarso’s first young adult novel, COUNTING BACKWARDS, is scheduled to be published by Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) in August of 2012. As a reader she enjoys thoughtful, psychological stories with layered characters who discover meaningful life lessons along the way. Some of her favorite contemporary YA authors are Laurie Halse Anderson, Sara Zarr, Nancy Werlin, Suzanne Collins, Coe Booth, Jeanne DuPrau and M.T. Anderson.
Visit her at www.lauralascarso.com
Angele McQuade is the author of two non-fiction books, including Investment Clubs for Dummies, and has been a columnist for BetterInvesting magazine since 2000.
A member of the Authors Guild, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Romance Writers of America (RWA), Angele is seeking representation for her middle grade novel THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON PROJECT and working on a contemporary YA.
Want to know what Angele’s been reading lately? You’ll find that and so much more at www.angelemcquade.com.
Heather Whitaker came to fiction writing from a physics background. After managing science exhibits and educational programs for eight years, Heather decided to pursue her greatest love, children’s literature. Heather has been writing middle-grade and young adult literature for over five years. She is currently seeking representation for her YA novel, THE ORDER, which is to be the first of a trilogy. THE ORDER is a dystopian, coming-of-age story which chronicles 16-year-old Matthias Adler’s rise to the ranks of the Order, the elite and secretive ruling body of the town of New Hope.
