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Janet Buell

     As a rule, Janet wasn't a naughty child, but for
     a short few months in 1960, she and her best
     friend played Mushy Dolls. The game involved
     burying her Tiny Tears and other unfortunate
     doll victims beneath the cottonwood tree in the
     back yard. This may have been the first hint that
     Janet would become the author of such books
     as Bog Bodies, Greenland Mummies, Ice 
     Maiden of the Andes, and Ancient Horsemen
     of Siberia. Her latest book, Sail Away, Little
     Boat, is not the gross-out her earlier books
     are -- in fact, it's a picture book. When she's
     not hiking with her brainy cockapoo, Cooper,
     Janet's zipping around New England on her
     Harley. Website coming soon.

Kathleen W. Deady

     Kathleen is the author of over 40 books for
     children. Her titles include The New Hampshire
     Colony, It’s Time! and All Year Long, a
     CBC/IRA Children’s Choice selection for 2005.
     Her work has also appeared in several children’s
     magazines. Kathy’s passion for writing began in
     college with picture books, but along the way she
     discovered a love of nonfiction as well. She
     enjoys visiting schools and libraries to share
     that love of both with children. When she is not
     writing, Kathy enjoys fishing, gardening and
     feeding the birds in her woodland backyard.   
     Learn more at www.kathleendeady.com

Muriel L. Dubois

     Muriel is the award-winning author of more
     than 35 books for children including New
     Hampshire Facts and Symbols, To My
     Countrywomen: The Life of Sarah Josepha 
     Hale, and Abenaki Captive. She enjoys speaking
     to children and adults about writing and
     publishing.  Muriel writes from her home in
     Bedford, New Hampshire where she also
     spends part of the day letting her two dogs in
     and out of the back yard.  Learn more at
      www.murieldubois.com

   Diane Mayr 

     As a child, Diane spent many Saturdays at
     the local movie theater enjoying such films
     as Old Yeller and House of Usher. She has
     fond memories of malted milk balls rolling 
     down the theater aisle. Today Diane still goes
     to movies, but more often her time is spent
     writing. Her published works for children 
     include the picture books, Littlebat's Halloween
     Story, and Run, Turkey, Run!, The Everything
     Kids' Money Book, and articles, activities,
     poems, stories in magazines such as Spider. 
     Her articles on writing have appeared in The
     Writer. Diane also works as an adult services
     librarian in a public library. Learn more at 
     www.dianemayr.com

Andrea Murphy 

     Before her first book was published, Andrea
     spent the better part of 2 decades writing
     preschool curriculum and reading picture books
     to her students at the Hogarth Country Day
     School.  Her published works include the
     nonfiction book Portraits of the States:  Georgia
     and the picture book Out and About at the Dairy
     Farm.  Before she converted her barn into a
     school and opened Hogarth, Andy owned two
     Guernsey dairy cows. Happily, she no longer
     rises at 4:30 a.m. to hand-milk cows. Learn more
     at www.AndreaMurphy.com .  

Barbara Turner

     Barbara writes YA and MG novels, so of
     course, her published work consists of picture
     books – A Little Bit of Rob (Albert Whitman)
     and Out and About at the Orchestra (Picture
     Window Books) as well as short stories and
     poetry. As a child, she liked to read about people
     in far away places, and as a teen discovered
     SF/Fantasy, which took her to really far away
     places.  Tired of traveling alone, she now creates
     her own little worlds, hoping others will take the
     journey with her.  Her website is near completion
     and will be available for viewing when, and if, she
     returns from her latest jaunt to far way. 

Sally Wilkins

    As a child Sally hid a flashlight under the covers
     to finish a chapter after lights out. In college she
     once walked into a lamppost because she was
     reading while walking down the sidewalk. Yes,
     she’s a bookworm. The fatter the book, the
     better! One day Sally finished an article in a
     magazine and realized she knew the author. It
     had never occurred to her that real people
     actually wrote all those things she loved to read! 
     Now she’s a writer, too. Her favorite subjects are
     history and science. Her fattest book is Sports
     and Games of Medieval Cultures. And her
     favorite hobby is hunting down and reading all
     those books she loved years ago. Learn more at
      www.sallywilkins.com