Suzanne Collins--GREGOR THE OVERLANDER
http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/
Caroline B. Cooney--THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON
http://www.bookpage.com/9611bp/childrens/thevoiceontheradio.html
Louis Sachar--HOLES
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/louissachar.html
Gary Paulsen--CARS
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Holly Black--VALIANT, THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
http://www.blackholly.com/
Meg Cabot--AMERICAN GIRL, THE PRINCESS DIARIES
http://www.megcabot.com/
Jerry Spinelli--STARGIRL
http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_001.htm
Anthony Horowitz--THE POWER OF FIVE and ALEX RIDER series
http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/
Lois Lowry--THE GIVER, GATHERING BLUE, MESSENGER
http://www.loislowry.com/
S.E. HINTON--THE OUTSIDERS, RUMBLEFISH, TEX
http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html
Ridley Pearson--PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, THE KINGDOM KEEPERS
http://www.ridleypearson.com/kids/index3.htm
J.K. Rowling--the HARRY POTTER series
http://www.jkrowling.com/
Hilari Bell--the FARSALA / RISE OF A HERO Series
http://www.sfwa.org/members/bell/
Cornelia Funke--the INKHEART series, DRAGON RIDER, and THE THIEF LORD
http://www.corneliafunkefans.com/
Will Hobbs--BEARSTONE
http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/
Roald Dahl--THE BFG, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE WITCHES, CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY, MATILDA, and more
http://www.roalddahl.com/
Sharon Creech--WALK TWO MOONS
http://www.sharoncreech.com/index.html
Brian Jacques--the REDWALL series, the CASTAWAYS OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
series
http://www.redwall.org/
Katherine Patterson--BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
http://www.terabithia.com/
Judy Blume--SUPER FUDGE, TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
http://www.judyblume.com/
Chris Van Allsburg--THE POLAR EXPRESS, JUMANGI, ZATHURA, THE NYSTERIES OF
HARRIS BURDICK
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
AVI--THE BOOK WITHOUT WORDS
http://www.avi-writer.com/
Eoin Colfer--the ARTEMIS FOWL series
http://www.eoincolfer.com/
Margaret Peterson Haddix--the AMONG THE HIDDEN and THE LOST series, among many others.
(She
was a visiting author at Northwood in 2008.)
http://www.haddixbooks.com/
Orson Scott Card--the Ender's Game series and many others. Mr. Card has a wonderful section of
his
website dedicated to writing tips for aspiring authors. Check it out! :)
http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/index.shtml
Garth Nix--the Old Kingdom (Sabriel) series and the Keys to the Kingdom series.
http://www.garthnix.co.uk/home