Dear Bully (29 page)

Authors: Megan Kelley Hall

JANNI LEE SIMNER
has published three books for teens:
Bones of Faerie,
its sequel,
Faerie Winter
, and
Thief Eyes
. She is also the author of four books for younger readers and more than 30 short stories
.
Visit her online at www.simner.com.

CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of the gothic fantasies
Tantalize
,
Eternal
, and
Blessed
. She also has written several short stories for teens as well as award-winning books for younger readers. She is a tribally enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and makes her home in Austin, Texas, with her husband and sometimes coauthor Greg Leitich Smith. She is also on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program. Visit her online at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.

So far,
R.L. STINE
’s books, including the Fear Street and Goosebumps series, have sold over 300 million copies. He lives in New York City. Visit him online at www.rlstine.com.

LAURIE FARIA STOLARZ
is the author of
Deadly Little Secret
,
Deadly Little Lies
,
Deadly Little Games
,
Deadly Little Voices
,
Project 17
, and
Bleed
, as well as the bestselling Blue Is for Nightmares series. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Laurie attended Merrimack College and received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston. For more information, visit her online at www.lauriestolarz.com.

Award-winning author
TANYA LEE STONE
writes for kids and teens. Her books include the teen novel
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
and nonfiction for older readers
The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll’s History and Her Impact on Us
and
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
. Her work has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, a
Boston Globe–Horn Book
Award Honor, and the Bank Street College of Education’s Flora Steiglitz Straus Award. She teaches writing at Champlain College. Visit her online at www.tanyastone.com.

RACHEL VAIL
is a multiple award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and teenagers. Her novels include
Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters
; the Avery Sisters Trilogy (
Lucky, Gorgeous,
and
Brilliant
);
If We Kiss;
and the Friendship Ring series. Rachel lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. You can visit her online at www.rachelvail.com.

MELISSA WALKER
is a writer who has worked as the
ELLEgirl
features editor and
Seventeen
prom editor. All in the name of journalism, she has spent twenty-four hours with male models and attended an elite finishing school for girls in New Zealand, among other hardships. Melissa is the author of
Lovestruck Summer
,
Violet on the Runway
,
Violet by Design
, and
Violet in Private
. She graduated from Vassar College and lives in Brooklyn. Visit her online at www.melissacwalker.com.

Born to a Puerto Rican father and a Polish mother,
DIANA RODRIGUEZ WALLACH
has experienced the cultures that her characters live in. Her debut novel was
Amor and Summer Secrets
. She has worked as a reporter and as an advocate for inner-city public schools. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband. Visit her online at www.dianarodriguezwallach.com.

DANIEL WATERS
is the author of the Generation Dead series. Visit him online at www.watersdan.blogspot.com.

SARA BENNETT WEALER
grew up in Kansas and now lives in Ohio with her husband and daughters. She is the author of
Rival
. Visit her online at www.sarabennettwealer.com.

STEVEN E. WEDEL
is a lifelong Oklahoman. He’s held many jobs, including machinist and journalist, but is currently a high school English teacher. He is the coauthor, with Carrie Jones, of
After Obsession
. Visit Steven online at www.stevenewedel.com.

NANCY WERLIN
is the author of eight YA novels so far, which include
The Killer’s Cousin
(winner of the Edgar Award),
The Rules of Survival
(a National Book Award finalist),
Impossible
(a
New York Times
bestseller), and
Extraordinary
(an Amazon.com Top 10 Book). She lives near Boston with her husband, Jim McCoy. Visit her online at www.nancywerlin.com.

KIERSTEN WHITE
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Paranormalcy
and its sequel,
Supernaturally
. She has one tall husband and two small children and lives near the ocean in San Diego. Visit her online at www.kierstenwhite.com.

Three-time Caldecott honoree
MO WILLEMS
is known for his bestselling picture books featuring Pigeons, Knuffle Bunnies, and Elephant & Piggies. Work for older audiences includes the cartoon travelog
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons
and works in
Every Man for Himself
,
Guys Read
, and the Monkeysuit comix anthologies. Mo created the Cartoon Network’s
Sheep in the Big City
and was the head writer for
Codename: Kids Next Door
before making books. Visit him online at www.mowillems.com
.

MARYROSE WOOD
, a former Broadway actor, comedian, and playwright, is proud to be a contributor to this anthology. She is the author of
The Mysterious Howling
and
The Hidden Gallery
, the first two volumes of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, The Poison Diaries, a gothic trilogy for teens based on a concept by the Duchess of Northumberland,
My Life: The Musical
, and
Why I Let My Hair Grow Out
. For more information, visit her online at www.maryrosewood.com.

LISA YEE
is the author of ten novels, including
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
, recipient of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award; her Bobby Ellis-Chan series for younger readers;
Absolutely Maybe
, for teens; and
Warp Speed
, which follows seventh grader Marley Sandlesky, a
Star Trek
geek who gets beat up every day at school. A Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-Residence, Lisa has been named a
Publishers Weekly
Flying Start and a
USA Today
Critics’ Top Pick. Lisa lives in South Pasadena, California, with her family. You can visit her online at www.lisayee.com or check out her blog at www.lisayee.livejournal.com.

LARA ZEISES
is the author of six books for teenagers, including
Contents Under Pressure
and
The Sweet Life of Stella Madison
. Her novel
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
(published under the pseudonym Lola Douglas) was made into a Lifetime movie. Lara earned her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. She works for the International Reading Association and leads fiction workshops at the University of Delaware. You can visit her online at www.zeisgeist.com.

MICHELLE ZINK
has always been fascinated with ancient myths and legends. Never satisfied with simply reading them, she usually ends up asking, “What if?” Sometimes asking only leads to more questions, but every now and then, when everything falls into place just right, a story is born.
Prophecy of the Sisters
,
Guardian of the Gate
, and
Circle of Fire
were three of those stories. She lives in New York. Visit her online at www.michellezink.com.

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Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dear bully : seventy authors tell their stories / edited by Carrie Jones and Megan Kelley Hall. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-06-206098-3 (tr. bdg.)

ISBN 978-0-06-206097-6 (pbk. bdg.)

1. Bullying—United States—Juvenile literature. 2. School discipline—United States. I. Jones, Carrie. II. Kelley Hall, Megan.

BF637.B85D43 2011

302.3—dc22

2011010166

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