Cynthea Liu

Upcoming Events
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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!
I’ve spoken at …
International Reading Association
ALA National Conference
AASL Annual Conference
YALSA's Young Adult Literature Symposium
National Council of Teachers of English
Illinois School Library Media Association Annual Conference:
Illinois Reading Council
Illinois Young Author's Conference/State Board of Education
Chicago Teachers-Librarians Association
Florida Council of Teachers of English: Orlando, FL
Oklahoma State Department of Education - Encyclomedia: OKC, OK
Southern Kentucky Book Fest and Writer's Conference
SCBWI-International Conference Faculty Member
SCBWI-Oklahoma Annual Fall Conference
SCBWI-Illinois Annual Prairie Writer's Day
SCBWI-Carolinas Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Central & Southern Ohio Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Midsouth Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
SCBWI-Southern Illinois - Revision 9-1-1 Workshop
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
Category Archives: Announcements
Monday, 6/28/10, ALA 2010 Washington, D.C. Presentation and Signing
Cynthea Liu, along with fellow authors Jennifer R. Hubbard, Lindsey Leavitt, and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich will be presenting Low Budget Ways to Connect Readers with Authors using Web 2.0 Tools at ALA 2010 in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 28th at [...]
This just in: PARIS PAN is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist!
Yeehaw! I’ve just learned my debut middle grade novel PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist. So honored! It’s been great to see PARIS recognized. First, it was the TeensReadToo Gold Star Award for Excellence, the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
“Take the Dare: Show You Care” Thank you letter from Tulakes
“As the principal of Tulakes Elementary, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have been a tremendous blessing, and words can hardly express what your generosity means to our staff and school.” – Principal Roland
“I am [...]
Take the Library Lovin’ Challenge
Say “Show Me the Money!” and Briarglen gets 10 cents!”
As part of the Library Lovin’ challenge organized by writerjenn, I’m raising money to support Briarglen Elementary’s Library ELL and Special Education program! Briarglen, a Title 1 school in my home [...]
Party favors for everyone: Celebrate THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA Feb 19, 2009, online release party!
Author Cynthea Liu is celebrating the release of her book THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA (a S.A.S.S. novel). Special announcements will be made all over the Internet, but fans should take note:
A special party for writers will be held at [...]
Writer fans celebrate the launch of THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA
Writer-fans of debut author Cynthea Liu and her savvy bunny Snoop are celebrating all over the the Internet for the release of Cynthea’s first book S.A.S.S. THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA on February 19, 2009. It all began with a [...]
SASS: THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is touring cyberspace!
SASS: THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is touring cyberspace beginning February 19, 2009! If you’d like to feature Cynthea for an interview on your lovely home on the Internet, contact her.
Date
Web site
19-Feb
Cheryl Renee Herbsman http://blog.cherylreneeherbsman.com/
20-Feb
R.J. Anderson http://rj-anderson.livejournal.com/
21-Feb
Cindy Pon [...]