My first middle grade novel was Dead Possums Are Fair Game (with Sky Pony), followed by a two-book contract with Sourcebook/Jabberwocky. Then I got an awesome agent, Sally Apokedak of Apokedak Literary Agency. People don’t always realize how long publishing can take, but that was an eye-opener for me. Then, in 2008, I received an email from SBP asking if the project was still available! I’d forgotten all about it! I signed with them and then the book released in 2010. I started sending Whole-y Cow out in 2006 then stopped after a few months because we began a remodel on our home and I was pregnant. My first book, Whole-y Cow! Fractions Are Fun was published by Sleeping Bear but the paperback rights were sold to Scholastic-so to me that was “major”. I have three different publishers: Sleeping Bear Press, Sky Pony, and Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky. Get your first major book contract? Or are you published non-traditionally? How I write for the general market so my goals are to write funĬlean books that are exciting (and hopefully humorous) for kids, teachers, and All signs point to murderĪnd Coop’s beloved Gramps is the number one suspect! Skeleton is uncovered at the abandoned playground. It’s a mystery titled Remains To Be Seen (to beīegin for thirteen-year old Coop Goodman in the small town of Windy Bottom, a
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