Neal's most recent book Challenger Deep won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, & television writer. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association,& the American Library Association. Neal's talents range from film directing to writing music & stage plays - including book & lyrical contributions to "American Twistory," which is currently played in several major cities. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.
As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and "Animorphs" TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie "Pixel Perfect".
Jason Reynolds is crazy. About stories. After earning a BA in English from The University of Maryland, College Park, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where you can often find him walking the four blocks from the train to his apartment talking to himself. Well, not really talking to himself, but just repeating character names and plot lines he thought of on the train, over and over again, because he's afraid he'll forget it all before he gets home. Jason Reynolds is the author of critically acclaimed When I Was the Greatest, which won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Boy in the Black Suit, and All American Boys, co-written with Brendan Kiely. (From Simon & Schuster).
Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian writer and artist. She worked in the animation industry for several years before transitioning into writing and drawing comics full time in 2008. She started making comics "for fun" and putting them on the web when she was in college. Her first published work was Zombies Calling (SLG Publishing) in 2007. Since then, she has published a number of other graphic novels.
Sabaa Tahir grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's 18-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother's comic book stash, & playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock, garish socks, & all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. (From Goodreads). An Ember in the Ashes has been optioned for a movie.
Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian writer and artist. She worked in the animation industry for several years before transitioning into writing and drawing comics full time in 2008. She started making comics "for fun" and putting them on the web when she was in college. Her first published work was Zombies Calling (SLG Publishing) in 2007. Since then, she has published a number of other graphic novels.
Sabaa Tahir grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's 18-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother's comic book stash, & playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock, garish socks, & all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. (From Goodreads). An Ember in the Ashes has been optioned for a movie.