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 Ellen with other 2000 Printz Award winners, Walter Dean Myers, Laurie Halse Anderson and David Almond
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Ellen is taking a break from doing Author Visits in 2008 to concentrate on her writing.
Looking for an exceptional speaker? I am available for conferences, school visits, and library engagements. For more information, email me directly at ellwitt@hotmail.com. |
Author Visit Details
I am happy to make author visits for grades 6 through 12.
For a full day at a school, I will do 3 large group sessions, and, if you wish, I'll also meet with interested students in an informal setting afterwards, at a book fair or perhaps at lunch. I will autograph books, although schools are responsible for having the books on hand or selling them beforehand. I encourage schools to give students the chance to own a signed book which they will treasure.
My program for large group sessions (up to 150 students at a time) addresses the following topics:
- What is an artist? How do you become one?
- The process of writing--and rewriting
- Where ideas come from, with examples from my books
- Information about the publishing process
I also do smaller group writing workshops, which must be classroom-based. I will do three classes in a day.
When doing large group sessions, I prefer to use a microphone, so my voice will last through all the groups. I would also like students to have read at least one of my books prior to my visit so that the experience of meeting a writer has real meaning for them. For small workshop groups, students need to have only paper, pencil, and imagination.
I have moved from the Boston area to western Massachusetts, near Northampton. I will do school programs nearby for $1000 for the day. For more distant travel the fee is $1250 plus travel and room and board reimbursement. Library visits are negotiable.
Author Talk has Discussion Guides for a number of children's and YA books, including Hard Love, What's In a Name, The Long Night of Leo and Bree, Blind Faith, and Parrotfish.