Hi, folks!  Here’s a thing I’m doing on Monday, November 4th.  Come see me and a bevy of talented authors on a topic that I’m going to handle in a new way.

Our panel of authors and artists share their own personal struggles with bullies and they learned to cope. Guests include Tim Federle, Eric Kahn Gale, and Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Moderated by NYPL’s Elizabeth Bird.

Tune in Monday, November 4, 2013 at 3 pm.  Go here to sign up!

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More about our guests:

Betsy Bird: Bird is a librarian, blogger with SLJ (at A Fuse #8 Production), and a reviewer for Kirkus and The New York Times. Her first picture book Giant Dance Party was released this spring and her next book is the very adult Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature which she co-wrote with Jules Danielson and Peter Sieruta.

Tim Federle: Federle was born in Foster City, California and was later raised in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania. He made his professional debut at age 12 in a production of Oliver! directed by Rob Marshall. He then went on to perform in several Broadway shows before penning his first novel, Better Nate Than Ever, a middle grade novel about an eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical and who concocts a plan to run away to New York to audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of “E.T.”

Eric Kahn Gale: Michigan native Eric Kahn Gale originally self-published his middle grade novel The Bully Book on his own, before it was picked up by Harper Collins.  The book is loosely based on incidents that happened to him in sixth grade through the lens of a mystery novel. His character, Eric Haskins, doesn’t take his situation lying down; he searches for the answers and unlike many of us who went through something awful, he finds them. Though they’re not what he expected.

Laura Vaccaro Seeger: Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an Emmy-award winning artist and the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of “The Hidden Alphabet,” “Lemons are Not Red,” and “Walter Was Worried.” All were named ALA Notable Books and “Child Magazine” Best Books of the Year. Her picture book “Green” won a Caldecott Honor from the American Library Association in 2013.