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PROJECT BOOK BABE AUTHORS
Frank Beddor was a world champion skier and a movie producer before becoming an author. You can play an online game based on his NY Times best-selling Looking Glass Wars trilogy at http://www.cardsoldierwars.com. The script for the film adaptation of The Looking Glass Wars is complete.
Chris Gall is the author and illustrator of America the Beautiful (Publisher’s Weekly Best of Children’s 2004), Dear Fish (Borders Original Voices Nominee 2006), There’s Nothing To Do On Mars (Kirkus Best of Children’s 2008) and the forthcoming Dinotrux (in development at Dreamworks Animation for feature film).
PJ Haarsma is an ABC New Voices Honoree. He is about to release the third book in his popular Softwire series. The books are accompanied by a free online role playing game, Rings of Orbis at http://www.ringsoforbis.com, which was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times.
Shannon Hale is the NY Times bestselling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Goose Girl, Austenland, Book of a Thousand Days and the Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy. Her latest is a graphic novel, Rapunzel’s Revenge. She lives with her family in Utah.
J.S. Lewis is co-author of the Grey Griffins series. Grey Griffins Clockwork Chronicles: The Brimstone Key will be released in Spring 2010 by Little Brown (publishers of the Twilight Saga). Lewis is also working on a new series for Thomas Nelson Publishing, as well as comic books with DC Comics/WildStorm.
Dean Lorey has written for TV and movies and was nominated for an Emmy for his work on Arrested Development. His first novel Nightmare Academy: Monster Hunters won the award for “Best Children’s Novel of the Year — 2008″ by the SCIBA. The series is currently in development at Universal Studios.
Stephenie Meyer is the #1 USA Today and NY Times bestselling author of the Twilight Saga and The Host, selling more than 42 million books worldwide. The movie adaptation of Twilight was one of the top-grossing films of 2008, with New Moon currently in production. She lives with her family in Arizona.
Brandon Mull is the author of the NY Times bestselling Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War. He is relieved that his favorite hobby became his full-time job! Brandon is working on the first book in a trilogy that will follow the Fablehaven series. He lives with his wife and three children in Utah.
James A. Owen is the author and illustrator of the bestselling Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series, Starchild comics and the Mythworld series of novels. He is founder of Coppervale International, an art and design studio, and the owner of Crossroads Books. He lives with his family in Arizona.
Janette Rallison’s Playing the Field was named Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award Honor Book, and both All’s Fair In Love, War, and High School and Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Free Throws were included on YALSA’s Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list. Janette lives in Arizona.
Laini Taylor is the author of the Dreamdark series. Blackbringer (2007) and Silksinger (2009) are about faeries — not dainty little flowery things, but warrior-faeries who battle devils. Her first young adult book, Lips Touch, is coming out in 2009. Laini is also an artist with a licensed gift product line called Laini’s Ladies.
PROJECT BOOK BABE ARTISTS
Shannon Eric Denton is a writer and artist with credits at Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Jerry Bruckheimer Films, NBC, Disney, Sony, ToyBiz, Marvel Entertainment, FoxKids, Paramount, CBS, Dimension Films, DC Comics and Nickelodeon. Shannon is co-founder of the website Komikworks and has published a line of children’s books under the Actionopolis imprint.
Benjamin Glendenning is the writer/artist and creator of such comics as Skulljammer, Superworld Presents and Tin-Star Tex and has worked for several publishers such as Image Comics, Devils Due Publications, Arcana Comics and Angel Gate Press. Benjamin is also a longtime sketch card artist contributing to such sets as Marvel Masterpieces & X-men Origins: Wolverine.
Scott Godlewski is the writer/artist and creator of Mysterious Adventure Magazine, The Green Ghost and other classic two-fisted Comics.
Tony Parker is an illustrator in Phoenix, Arizona. His work has been published in over 100 books, 130 TCG cards and a series of book covers. His clients have included: Games Workshop, Black Libraries, Penny Farthing Press, Green Ronin, Sabertooth Games, Mongoose Publishing and Steve Jackson Games.
Terry Tibke is the writer, artist and creator of the upcoming novel Armageddon: The Battle of Darkening Skies, first in a series which also has a trading card game in the works. Terry was also an animator for FatCat Animation, working on such features as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron and Eight Crazy Nights.
PROJECT BOOK BABE MUSICIANS
Adam Kump is an acoustic musician from Gilbert, Arizona. He started playing guitar at age 13. Now 18, he has already released two full-length albums.
The Adam Watts Band from Orange County, CA is comprised of Adam and his band of brothers: Nic, Jules and Matt Rodriguez. Adam Watt’s songs and productions have appeared on over 37 million records worldwide.
