Chris Crowe announced as Keynote for the 13th Annual LDStorymakers Conference
May 6-7th
2016 Utah Valley Convention Center
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Congratulations To Devery Anderson
This just arrived, the definitive and singular work on the Emmett Till case.
Congratulations, Devery! This is a remarkable accomplishment!
Martine Leavitt & Tim Wynne-Jones at BYU this Fall
For readers and writers in Utah, we have some great news! Two award-winning Canadian authors will be at BYU this fall. On October 6, Tim Wynne-Jones will deliver the annual Palmer Lecture, and on November 5, Martine Leavitt will deliver a keynote address at the Beauty and Belief Conference.
We feel lucky to have such brilliant writers visiting campus in fall semester.
Go Set A Watchman Radio Interview
Listen to my radio interview yesterday about Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman, with Julie Rose on BYU Radio.
New Book!
I just heard from Candlewick Press that my next book, Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America’s Game, will be released on January 24, 2012. This is my first children’s book, and it’s illustrated by Mike Benny, an award-winning artist with the perfect touch to illustrate a baseball story.
Larry Doby was the first African American player in the American League; he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947, just a few weeks after Jackie Robinson started the season with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League. Doby endured all the same abuse as Robinson, but his story is known only by a handful of fans. His rookie season was a disappointment, but in 1948, he had a great year and led the Indians to the most recent World Series title. My book focuses on a single game in the World Series.
Anyway, it’s nice to have another book on its way. I can’t wait to finish the revisions on my next novel.
Utah: A Great Place For Writers
Our local public radio station, KUER-FM, had a nice piece this morning on Utah being such a terrific place for people who write for children and teens. Here’s the link to that broadcast:
Most of the interviews for this piece were done at the Provo City Library’s first-ever Teen Book Festival.