We have an annual Young Authors' Festival where a a children's or YA author is invited to speak. In 2013 we had Matt Faulkner <http://mattfaulkner.com/> speak at our first annual Young Authors' Festival. He is both an illustrator and author, and is a phenomenal speaker. We have booked him again for next fall, along with his wife Kris Remenar; her first children's book, "Groundhog's Dilemma," was published last year and illustrated by Matt.. I contacted him directly without going through an agent. Last year we had Gary Schmidt <http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/> as our speaker. His books tend to be middle school to YA. He was also very engaging and interesting. We went through his agent, Hayley Gonnason at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Hayley.Gonnason@hmhco.com Toni Buzzeo <http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/HOME.html> was also a wonderful speaker for us in 2104. We booked her directly. This last week-end, Christopher Paul Curtis <http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/> spoke at our festival and everyone loved him. Our bookstore ran out of books to sell. 8-( We booked him directly. Just a warning that honorariums can be high for those who have won major awards/honors. Of the authors we have booked, Matt was the most reasonable. Barbara Kriigel Assoc. Director, User & Technical Services Mardigian Library University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Dearborn, MI 48128 313-593-5614 bkriigel@umich.edu On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Trish Burns <tburns@baycountylibrary.org> wrote:
Good morning! My great Friends group wants to sponsor an author visit in 2017. For those of you have had successful author visits, would you please let me know who it was and whether you went through an agent or booking service? Thanks much -
Trish Burns, Director
Bay County Library System
500 Center Avenue
Bay City, MI 48708
tburns@baycountylibrary.org
989-894-2837 ext.2214
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