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Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that award winning children’s and YA author Susan Juby, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools.
Her rate is $300 for one session, $500 for two, $850 for three and $1000 for four, plus GST and $60 per session for accommodation and travel. Susan will be staying in downtown Toronto during the week of the Festival of Trees. She can take the subway or GO Transit to schools, but for those less accessible venues, she would appreciate a ride with a teacher.
Published Works
Alice, I Think, HarperCollins, 2003
Miss Smithers, HarperCollins 2004
Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last, HarperCollins, 2005
Another Kind of Cowboy, HarperCollins, 2007
Getting the Girl, HarperCollins, 2008
Nice Recovery, Penguin, 2010
Awards and Nominations
Alice, I Think (Thistledown, 2000, HarperCollins, 2003), nominated for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and for the Canadian Association Best Young Adult Novel Award. It was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association and chosen as an Amazon.com Top Ten Teen Book and as a Kirkus Editors’ Choice.
Miss Smithers (HarperCollins, 2004) was the winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature, a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the White Pine Award and for the Stellar Award. It was also selected by the International Youth Library as part of their annual selection of outstanding international books for children and young adults.
Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last (HarperCollins, 2005) was nominated for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award.
The Alice books are all national bestsellers and were published in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Indonesia and Finland. Alice, I Think was made into a 13-part television series for CTV and the Comedy Network.
Another Kind of Cowboy (HarperCollins, 2007) was nominated for the White Pine Award and was a finalist for the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and the Stellar Book Award. It was a Kirkus Editors’ Choice book and it was shortlisted for the 2009 James Cook Book Award by the Ohio Librarian’s Association. It was an ALA Best Book and an ALA Rainbow Book.
Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance and Cookery (HarperCollins, 2008) was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writer’s of America and for the Arthur Ellis Award by the Crime Writers of Canada. It was also a Kirkus Editors’ Choice and was selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven Selection and has been nominated for the 2010 Georgia Peach Award. And it was nominated for the 2010 White Pine!
Susan’s Presentation Details
I start out with a bit of background about myself and the books I enjoyed reading as a child.
I talk about the events in my life that made me start writing and that give me inspiration for my books (tales of dysfunction and misery, mostly!)
I talk about the publishing industry and life as a writer and how to cope with rejection and success and writer’s block
I also sometimes talk about the process of having my book adapted into a television series
I give short readings from my books and answer questions
Suitable Grades: 8 – 12
Ideal number of students per session: 60, but I will consider larger groups
Writing workshops available for grades 6 - 12
Maximum number of participants in a workshop for best results: 16
Venues: I am comfortable in most settings (classrooms, libraries, theatres), but prefer to avoid gyms.
Equipment and other requirements:
a glass of water would be much appreciated
I prefer a librarian or teacher be present throughout the presentation