From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:35:58 -0400

On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Kathleen T. Horning wrote:

> One subset of celebrity publishing is adult authors who try their hand
> at writing for children. Some writers of excellent adult books are far
> less successful when it comes to writing for children and teens.
>
Let's not forget Carl Hiaasen, whose first children's book - Hoot - won a Newbery Honor award.

Not only has this adult author, journalist, and ecology advocate crossed successfully over into the children's field, but he is also savvy enough about youth literature to help launch the career of one of the youngest and, now, most "lionized" authors of young people's fantasy - Christopher Paolini. Hiaasen and his family found the self-published edition of Eragon while vacationing in Montana and brought it to the attention of Random House. The rest, as they say, is publishing history . . .

Connie Rockman
Received on Wed 13 Jun 2007 03:35:58 PM CDT