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: Events
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 [...]
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 [...]