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!
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: Middle Grade
Critique from Senior Editor Alvina Ling, Little, Brown
The Prize: One critique of your picture book manuscript (1000 words max.) or the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Alvina Ling, Senior Editor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. [...]
Proposal Package Critique from Author Clint Johnson (Fantasy)
The Prize: Let children’s fantasy author Clint Johnson help get your entire proposal package ready to send out. Send a first chapter or the first fifteen double-spaced pages of any fiction manuscript for adults or children, your cover letter, and a double-spaced, [...]
Critique from Senior Editor Cheryl Klein at Arthur A. Levine, Scholastic
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Cheryl Klein is the senior editor at Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. Among the titles she has edited are [...]
Critique from Executive Editor Nancy Mercado, Roaring Brook Press
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Nancy Mercado has been working in children’s publishing for the last ten years and she is currently an [...]
Critique from Agent Tracey Adams, Adams Literary
The Prize: One critique of your fiction picture book (1000 words max.) or the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Tracey Adams, along with husband Josh Adams, co-founded [...]
Critique from Associate Editor Martha Mihalick, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins
The Prize: One critique of your picture book manuscript (1000 words max.) or your first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Martha Mihalick is the associate editor at Greenwillow Books, an imprint of [...]
Critique #1 from Editorial Director Andrew Karre, Carolrhoda Books, Lerner
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your fiction middle grade and young adult novel.
The Darer: Andrew Karre is the editorial director of Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group. Carolrhoda has [...]
Submission Package Critique #1 from Freelance Editor Stacy Whitman
The Prize: One critique of the first three chapters of reasonable length AND a query letter for your picture book, middle grade, or YA novel.
The Darer:
Stacy Whitman specializes in fantasy and science fiction for children and [...]
PB or 5 Page Novel Critique from Editor Kristin Daly, Balzer & Bray, HarperCollins
The Prize: One critique of your fiction picture book (1000 words max.) or the first five double-spaced pages or your middle grade or young adult novel.
The Darer: Kristin Daly first became interested in children’s books as a career in high [...]
Critique from Author Erin Dionne (Contemp Realistic)
“Because every child should have access to the books and supplies he or she needs to not only succeed, but get excited about learning.“
The Prize: One critique of the first five double-spaced pages of your middle grade novel.
The Darer: Erin [...]