Cynthea Liu
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Great News!
WOOBY AND PEEP is coming in 2013!
PARIS PAN will be released in Germany!
PARIS PAN is a Scholastic Book Clubs selection!
PARIS PAN and THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA are both APALA Book List selections!
PARIS PAN is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist!
PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is a NoveList Best and a Grab-and-Go title!
PARIS PAN is part of the Accelerated Reader program and Scholastic Reading Counts!
Reviews
"The book is well paced and Paris's desire for friendship will ring true with middle school readers." School Library Journal"Liu's story, refreshingly, features a Chinese American narrator whose ethnicity is not at the story's center." Horn Book
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end." TeensReadToo, Gold Star Award for Excellence
"Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare, is a stylish, character-driven story with an appealing, spunky heroine." Chicago Sun Times
Author Archives: Cynthea
Thank You Jarman Elementary
Dear Jarman Elementary,
Wow! I’ve finally read every single one of your notes, and I am really impressed.
You all came up with some great book ideas! Many suggested a sequel to Paris Pan. I might have to do that now that [...]
04/10/10 Arlington, OH: Revision 9-1-1 Workshop: Intensive Care for your Work-in-Progress
Saturday, April 10, 2010 (8:30AM – 12:45PM)
Arlington, OH
Revision 9-1-1 Workshop: Intensive Care for your Work-in-Progress
Tired of rejections?
Manuscript stuck?
Can’t look at your work objectively?
In this intensive 4-hour workshop, author and writing coach Cynthea Liu shows you how to revise your [...]
Thank You Briarglen Elementary
Dear Briarglen Elementary,
First, I wanted to apologize for taking so long to repond to your thank you notes and letters! I’ve had a crazy last few months, visiting schools, attending conferences, and taking some time out for my family as [...]
Update from Take the Dare: Show You Care (with pics)
First a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in the Take the Dare: Show You Care auction launched on the release day for my debut middle grade novel PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE. Like Paris, we dared to do [...]
Thank You Washington Irving Elementary
Dear Washington Irving Elementary,
Thank you so much for making me feel so welcome! I have never seen so much purple in my life. Your bookmarks and cards were amazing. As promised, I am posting some of my favorites here. Actually, [...]
Thank you Independence Elementary!
Dear 5th Graders at Independence Elementary,
I had such a great time meeting you on September 9, 2009 and sharing with you why I write. Hopefully, I have helped you think about why you might want to be a writer one [...]
10/10/09: Collect. Recollect. CONNECT! Intensive Seminar & Critiques
Register early for the Intensive Seminar for a 15% discount.
Speakers Michelle Duster, Jen Cullerton Johnson, Cynthea Liu, and Trina Sotira break down the ins-and-outs of writing for a particular genre from fiction to nonfiction, children’s books to adult work.
The [...]
11/07/09, Charlotte, NC: Revision 9-1-1: Intensive Care for your Work-In-Progress
Saturday, November 7, 2009 (8:30AM – 12:30PM)
Revision 9-1-1 Workshop: Intensive Care for your Work-in-Progress
Tired of rejections?
Manuscript stuck?
Can’t look at your work objectively?
In this intensive 4-hour workshop, author and writing coach Cynthea Liu shows you how to revise your ailing [...]
08/23/09 11AM CST, ABC 7′s “Chicagoing” w/Bill Campbell features Cynthea Liu, Michelle Duster, Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Trina Sotira
(August 23, 2009 – Chicago, IL) ABC’s 7′s Chicagoing host Bill Campbell interviews Cynthea Liu, Trina Sotira, Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Michelle Duster about writing using your personal, family and other people’s history to create writing that connects. 11AM CST. [...]
08/09/09 Chicago Sun-Times features Cynthea Liu, Truth & ‘Dare’
(Chiacgo, IL – August 9, 2009). Author dipped into her own family history for kids book
BY DELIA O’HARA dohara@suntimes.com