Avi....author of many award winning books

T. A. Barron....author of the Merlin series

Elise Broach....author of Lone Star List nominee, Shakespeare’s Secret

Meg Cabot....Princess in the Spotlight series, All-American Girl, Avalon High, and more….

Carl Deuker....Runner, High Heat, Night Hoops & several other sports books

Lois Duncan...I Know What You Did Last Summer…and lots more mysteries

Thomas Dygard....Halfback Tough, Rebounder & other sports books

Carl Hiaasen…..humor…Hoot, Flush…

Anthony Horowitz....Alex Rider series

Steven Layne...This Side of Paradise

Lurlene McDaniel...romance, tragedy

Stephenie Meyer....Twilight, New Moon...

Garth Nix....fantasy series…..Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, & Keys to the Kingdom series

Joan Lowery Nixon....mysteries

J.K. Rowling....Harry Potter series

Roland Smith…..Cryptid Hunters…

R.L. Stine…..horror stories….Fear Street series


Scott Westerfeld…..Ulgies, Pretties, Specials…science fiction

Rick Yancey....author of Lone Star nominee, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp