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Episode #16 (even though in the episode I say #15!)
Subject: The Rochester Children’s Book Festival
Guests: Elizabeth Bluemle – Daniel J. Mahoney – Michelle Knudsen – Vivian Vande Velde – Kathleen Blasi  – David Soman

Announcements:

-Don’t forget, former editor and novelist Deborah Halverson will be on next week, so call in your questions to 888-522-1929!
-I talk about a new podcast contest.

And really, the two that need the biggest kudos are Kathleen Blasi and
Elizabeth Falk for organizing and running a flawless event! Thank you Kathleen and Sibby!

I start the podcast in the restaurant the night before the festival. There are cut off conversations, as there always are at a big dinner party! The first person I’m speaking to in the restaurant in Elizabeth Bluemle, talking about her book, How Do You Wokka- Wokka and then, after I scold Jane Yolen for toasting with water, Elizabeth continues talking about her store. It’s a very scattered episode, but kind of fun, I hope, because you get the fly-on-the-wall effect.

Then I move into the car interviews…you’ll hear me doing a bad job of being co-pilot to Dan Mahoney as I try to interview him while he’s driving!  He’s very talented.

Then after the next dinner party, I drive back to the hotel with David Soman, the illustrator of Ladybug Girl. He hysterically funny and we laugh a lot and yes, he’s also talented at driving and being interviewed at the same time.

I did promise the Zen Leaf blog link, so if you want to read about the blogger who was misquoted in the NY Times, click here.

 Mikki Knudsen, who wrote The Dragon of Trelian and I…and no, we are not sisters!

Here is the awesome and fabulous list of authors and illustrators who were there:

1.   Mary Jane & Herm Auch – auchbooks.com
2.   Susan Williams Beckhorn  – susanwilliamsbeckhorm.com
3.   Julie Berry – julieberrybooks.com
4.   Elizabeth Bluemle – elizabethbluemle.com
5.   Suzanne Bloom  – suzannebloom.com
6.   Laurie Calkhoven – lauriecalkhoven.com
7. Cinda Williams Chima – www.cindachima.com
   
8.   Bruce Coville – brucecoville.com
   
9.   Mary Morton Cowan – marymortoncowan.com
10.   Julie Cummins
11.   Katie Davis   katiedavis.com
12.   Jacky Davis & David Soman –http://www.ladybuggirl.com
13.   Alice Delacroix
14.   Elizabeth Sullivan Falk – Elizabethfalkbooks.com
15.   Donna Farrell – donnadoodles.com
16.   Marsha Hayles – marshahayles.com
17.   James Howe
18.   Will Hubbell (aka Morgan Howell) – morganhowell.com
19.   Sheila Jarkins – www.sheilajarkins.com
20.   David Kalvitis – monkeyingaround.com
21.   Rose Kent – RoseKent.com
22.   Michelle Knudsen – michelleknudsen.com
23. London Ladd londonladd.com
24.   Jeff Mack – jeffmack.com
25.   Matt McElligott  – matthewmcelligott.com/
26.   Daniel J. Mahoney – danieljmahoney.com
27.   Rafe Martin – rafemartin.com
28.   Kate Messner – katemessner.com
29.   Charles Noland  – www.drewandellie.com
30.   Linda Sue Park – lindasuepark.com
31.   Robin Pulver – robinpulver.com
32. Kathryn Shay –  kathrynshay.com
33.   Mark Shulman – markshulman.info
34.   Joe “Silly” Sottile – joe-sottile.com
35.   Mark Teague
36.   Peggy Thomas – peggythomaswrites.com
37.   Larry Tuxbury –   benfranklinstein.com/
38.   Sally Valentine – rochesterauthor.com
39.   Vivian Vande Velde – vivianvandevelde.com
40.   Ellen Stoll Walsh
41. Jane Wattenberg – janewattenberg.com
42.   Jane Yolen – janeyolen.com