Special Guests

Cynthea’s special guests are friends she’s gotten to know over the years who have come together for “Take the Dare: Show You Care” to support a great cause.  Cynthea would like to extend a warm thank you to the participants. She wishes them all continued success!

The Original Crew

• Agent Jennifer Rofe, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
• Author Amanda Marrone
• Author and Agent Ammi-Joan Paquette
• Author Beverly Patt
• Author Brenda Ferber
• Author Bruce Hale
• Author Cindy Pon
• Author Cynthea Liu
• Author Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Author David Yoo
• Author Debby Lytton
• Author Esther Hershenhorn
• Author Greg Trine
• Author Heidi R. Kling
• Author J.C. Phillipps
• Author Jay Asher
• Author Jenny Meyerhoff
• Author Josh Berk
• Author Julie Berry
• Author Kathryn Fitzmaurice
• Author Kristy Dempsey
• Author Kurtis Scaletta
• Author Linda Urban
• Author Lindsey Leavitt
• Author Lisa Schroeder
• Author Lisa Yee
• Author Maggie Stiefvater
• Author Nan Marino
• Author Samantha Vamos
• Author Sarah Ockler
• Author Saundra Mitchell
• Author Stacey Jay
• Author Susan Taylor Brown
• Author Suzanne Young
• Author Tammi Sauer
• Editor Karen Chaplin, Puffin/Speak

The Party Gets Bigger!

• Project Editor Abigail Samoun, Tricycle Press
• Editor Kristin Daly, Balzer & Bray, HarperCollins
• Editorial Director Andrew Karre, Carolrhoda, Lerner
• Associate Editor Martha Mihalick, Greenwillow, HarperCollins
• Editor Andrea Welch, Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster
• Freelance Editor Stacy Whitman
• Freelance Editor Summer Dawn Laurie
• Agent Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency
• Agent Elana Roth, Caren Johnson Literary Agency
• Agent Kelly Sonnack, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
• Agent Jennifer Mattson, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
• Agent Jamie Weiss Chilton, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
• Marketer Shelli Johannes-Wells
• Author Sydney Salter
• Author Erin Dionne
• Author Jennifer Jabaley
• Author Jennifer Brown
• Author Kate Messner
• Author J.E. MacLeod
• Author Lauren Bjorkman
• Author Danielle Joseph
• Author Jean Reidy
• Author Darcy Vance
• Author Ruth Spiro
• Author Clint Johnson
• Author Chris Crutcher
• Author Kelly Milner Halls
• Author Valarie Giogas
• Author Margaret O’Hair
• Author Lisa Albert
• Author Marc Tyler Nobleman
• Illustrator Mary Peterson
• Author/Illustrator Scott Magoon
• Illustrator Carolyn Conahan
• Illustrator Dan Santat
• Author/Illustrator Elizabeth O. Dulemba

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