![]() ![]() The e-mail was from Samantha Swank, an editor at Scholastic! Her supervisor, Katie Carella, had picked up my postcard (spy kid shown above) at the SCBWI NY conference! They had been wanting to do a book series about a ninja, and Samantha said, "Your sneaky ninja looks just like what we've been looking for!" I sat back in my chair, after a crazy celebratory dance, and responded that I'd be absolutely thrilled to work with them! They also asked if I'd be interested in writing the series. CELEBRATORY DANCE repeated! I replied that I'd been wanting to do more writing and this would be the perfect challenge to fill both author AND illustrator roles!Ģnd grade me was dancing wildly through my mind! Nearly 30 years later, the dream was coming true! Now modern day me was dreaming again, this time that my Scholastic books would connect with young readers and inspire them to pursue their dreams, maybe even create books with Scholastic! I couldn't thank Samantha and Katie enough for inviting me to be part of this series and helping me achieve this lifelong dream. ![]()
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