Authors in Forthcoming Volumes

Below are some of the authors and illustrators that will be featured in upcoming volumes of SATA. These include new entries on the swiftly rising stars of the field, as well as completely revised and updated entries (indicated with ∗) on some of the most notable and best-loved creators of books for children.

∗Roch Carrier ▮ One of Canada's most esteemed novelists, Carrier has also penned a classic for children in his book The Hockey Sweater, and has sought to promote the history and traditions of his native French Canada in books such as The Flying Canoe.

Jean Gralley ▮ Writer/illustrator Gralley was a staff artist at the popular Cricket magazine for more than a dozen years. With her first book, Hogula, Dread Pig of Night, she began sharing her quirky sense of humor in a fun-filled story as well, and has also been exploring the digital future of the picture-book medium.

Leigh Hobbs ▮ He is scraggly, he is grouchy, and he is usually battered from a recent fight. He is the furball-ridden Old Tom, canine star of a series of darkly humorous books by Australian author/illustrator Leigh Hobbs that critics have compared to the works of Quentin Blake due to Hobbs' sketchy but captivating illustrations.

∗Roger Ingpen ▮ The first Australian to be awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, Ingpen has coauthored numerous works in addition to illustrating new editions of classic books by such writers as Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. One of the hallmarks of Ingpen's finely detailed art, his fascination with technology, can be seen in A Robert Ingpen Compendium and Pictures Telling Stories: The Art of Robert Ingpen.

David Levithan ▮ The editorial director of Scholastic's PUSH imprint for new young-adult authors, Levithan is also a published novelist in his own right. In addition to his television and movie tie-in novels, his books Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility explore the complex relationships of modern teens.

Nerissa Nields ▮ Part of The Nields, a New England-based folk-singing group started by Nields and her sister, Nerissa is also a writer whose first novel, Plastic Angel, includes a music CD. She also conducts writing retreats and the "Writing It up in the Garden" workshop from her home in western Massachusetts.

Carl Norac ▮ A former French teacher and journalist, Norac has become a popular picture-book author in his native Belgium, where his works have been paired with art from several different illustrators. His books, which have reached English-speaking audiences via I Love You So Much, My Daddy is a Giant, and I Love to Cuddle, have engaged children around the world, and have been published in eighteen languages.

∗Chris Riddell ▮ Riddell is an illustrator, and Paul Stewart is a writer. Their meeting—the result of the fact that their children attended the same school—has proved serendipitous: their collaborations in the "Edge Chronicles" series of fantasy novels have catapulted the pair into popularity, with Riddell's pen-and-ink art bringing the authors' fantasy world to vivid life.

Coleen Salley ▮ A born storyteller who has been sharing her gift with children in her native New Orleans, Salley has also created picture books featuring alligators, nutrias, and armadillos rather than puppies, kittens, and bears. Among her books, Epossumondas and Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail feature Salley's warm-hearted view of life.

Chris Wooding ▮ Wooding achieved success as an author at a young age, and his debut novel, Crashing, was in print by the time its author was in college. His more recent novel, the supernatural thriller The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, has earned Wooding the Smarties Book Prize, a prestigious honor in his native England.