Today we meet Sheila Ruth, organizer for the Fantasy and Sci-Fi category, with a bio that comes courtesy of her son David: Sheila Ruth has loved books for a long time, and has been involved with them in many different ways. She is the president of a publishing company known as Imaginator Press, and of a book lovers' site called …
Introducing Sarah Stevenson, Cybils Blog Editor
Today we meet Sarah Stevenson, Editor for the Cybils blog: I'm a freelance writer, fiction writer and artist, as well as co-founder (with writer and Cybils SFF panelist Tanita S. Davis) of the YA literature blog Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog, founded in 2005. I also help out with the group blog Guys Lit Wire and participate in online literary …
Introducing Kelly Fineman, Poetry Category
Today we meet Kelly Fineman, organizer of the Poetry category: Dear Madam, It is with some trepidation that I respond to your request for a biography of Mrs Kelly Fineman, as one is not often asked for such details about the life of another–and in such a public forum! Mrs Fineman is, I believe, an authoress, and I know her …
Introducing Jone MacCulloch, Non-Fiction Picture Books
Today we meet the organizer for our Non-Fiction Picture Books category, Jone MacCulloch: "Too many books, too little time" is a favorite quote of mine. And yet, as an elementary library media specialist, I have to know something about all books regardless of genre. Lucky me, last year, when I requested the poetry category for Cybils (which I love, love, …
Introducing Pam Coughlan, Fiction Picture Books
Today we meet Pamela Coughlan, category organizer for Fiction Picture Books: I am the mother of two girls, ages ten and thirteen, and a voracious reader. Hence the Mother and Reader part of my blog name. At MotherReader, I review children's literature from board books to Young Adult – when I'm in the mood to review anything at all – …
Introducing Kerry Millar, Middle Grade Fiction
Today we meet Kerry Millar, who returns this year as our category organizer for Middle Grade Fiction: Hello to all Cybilites! I'm thrilled to be back for my third year with the Cybils and my second year as the category organizer and one of the judges for Middle Grade Fiction. This year I'm spending my working days with a gaggle …
Introducing Anastasia Suen, Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books
Today we're happy to welcome back Anastasia Suen, category organizer for Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books: As an author, consultant, and teacher for children and adults, I wear many hats. With my author hat, I've written 115 books for children and adults. I've worn my teacher hat in elementary school (for Kindergarten, first, fifth and sixth grades) as well …
Introducing Susan Thomsen, MG/YA Non-Fiction Category
Happy Monday! Please join us in a warm welcome for new Middle-Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction category organizer Susan Thomsen: Fall is one of my favorite times of the year, with leaves crunching under my feet, apples to be picked, and the resplendent glory of the Cybils nominations! That's where so many good new books come to my attention. Just one example: …
Introducing Liz Jones, Graphic Novels Category
Today we meet Liz Jones, our organizer for the Graphic Novels category: I am a children's writer and illustrator, a cyberschool writing teacher and a professor of children's literature at the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg campus. I chalk up my drawing skills to years of doodling in the margins of notebooks. These days, my work usually appears in my blog …
Introducing Jackie Parker, Young Adult Fiction Category
We're happy to welcome back Jackie Parker as category organizer for YA Fiction. In honor of her upcoming nuptials, we present her bio as seen through the eyes…well, pen…well, keyboard…of her fiancé Kyle Robinson. Read on to find out more: Jackie Parker blogs regularly on her YA book review website, interactivereader.blogspot.com. The name, Interactive Reader, comes from the physical and …