You are hereYoung Adult
Young Adult
Take an imaginative ride with top authors as they bring you into the brains and hearts of teenagers. You will ‘get the scoop’ on craft and publishing trends while discovering the myriad possibilities of working with the themes and subjects which speak to youthful minds.
Faculty:
Brandon Mull
Brandon Mull is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series, which is a New York Times' bestseller. Mull has also written The Candy Shop War. He is writing a new 3-book series called "The Beyonders". The first was published in March, 2011. He also is writing a sequel to The Candy Shop War, titled The Arcadeland Catastrophe to release in the second half of 2011.
Brandon has worked as a comedian, a filing clerk, a patio installer, a movie promoter, a copywriter, and briefly as a chicken stacker. He lives in Highland, Utah, with his wife, Mary, and their four children.
Victoria Hanley
Victoria Hanley loves to nurture emerging writers. She is a YA novelist published in thirteen languages around the world, and also the author of the bestselling book, Seize the Story. Her books have received awards and honors in the U.S. and abroad, including the International Reading Association Young Adults’ Choices, the Colorado Book Award, Kallbacher-Klapperschlange Award (Germany), Colorado Authors League Top Hand Award, Publishers West Silver Award, and New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Her work has also been placed on state award lists in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, and Colorado, and earned a Carnegie Medal nomination in the United Kingdom. Victoria is an active speaker and workshop leader, and the recipient of the Colorado Broadcasters Association Award for Best Regularly Scheduled Feature. Growing up, she lived in California, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Oregon. She now lives with her family at the foothills of the Rockies.
Patti Sherlock
Patti Sherlock's latest book, A Dog for All Seasons, St. Martin's, 2010, describes her years with Duncan, a border collie who helped her on an Idaho sheep farm and saw her through many cycles of change. Sherlock has written two other nonfiction books and three novels for young adults. Letters from Wolfie, Penguin-Putnam, which won numerous awards, told the story of a 13-year-old boy who volunteered his dog to be a scout dog during the Vietnam war. Her other books are Taking Back Our Lives, a meditation book, Some Fine Dog and Four of a Kind, Holiday House, and Alone on the Mountain, Doubleday, which chronicled the life of western shepherds.
Christian Burch
Christian Burch has worked in various capacities with children in the Jackson area for more than 15 years. In addition to teaching, Christian is a self-taught painter and the author of the Josette Frank Award and Stonewall Award winning book, The Manny Files and its sequel, Hit the Road, Manny. Both were Lambda Literary Award Finalists.
