Bloomsbury Kids invites SIBA booksellers to meet two MG authors with Southern roots, Gillian McDunn and Ellen Hagan. Pour a glass of iced tea or coffee, and enjoy hearing about their fabulous new books, poised to be summer handsells to middle-graders and teachers. Hosted by Kimberly Daniels Taws of The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, NC.
Wednesday, June 16 at 3PM (Register)

More about the authors:

Gillian McDunn is the author ofCaterpillar Summer, The Queen Bee and Me,andThese Unlucky Stars. She has lived in California, Missouri, and North Carolina, and is a fan of both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. She currently lives near Raleigh, NC, with her family.

www.gillianmcdunn.com

Instagram: gillianmcdunnTwitter: gillianmcdunn

Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. She is the co-author with Renée Watson of Watch Us Rise. Her poetry collections include Blooming Fiascoes, Hemisphere, and Crowned. Her work can be found in ESPN Magazine, She Walks in Beauty, and Southern Sin. Ellen is the Director of the Poetry & Theatre Departments at the DreamYard Project and directs  their International Poetry Exchange Program with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. She co-leads the Alice Hoffman Young Writer's Retreat at Adelphi University. Raised in Kentucky, she now lives in New York City with her family.

www.ellenhagan.com

Twitter: ellenhagan

Instagram: ellenhagan