Joanne Rocklin, Children's Author

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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WRITING FOR CHILDREN, I myself don't do manuscript critiques, although there are writers and freelance editors that do. But first the manuscript has to be written! Join The Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators. (www.scbwi.org) You will find lots of valuable info about everything there, including how to find a critique group or manuscript consultation in your area.There is a huge national SCBWI conference every August in L.A., at which editors, agents and authors lecture about the business. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!

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ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET named a Gold winner in the Books Category!

BREAKING NEWS!

THE FIVE LIVES OF OUR CAT ZOOK has just won the 2013 Golden Kite Award for Fiction!


New Middle Grade sale! FLEABRAIN LOVES FRANNY, Amulet, Fall 2014

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

JOANNE ROCKLIN is the author of many middle grade novels, including THE FIVE LIVES OF OUR CAT ZOOK, winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite for Fiction and a Parents' Choice Gold Award. It is a middle grade novel about a family, a cat, and the tales (tails!) that heal. "The only imperfection in this novel is that it ends." BOOKLIST, starred.

Also published by Abrams (and Random House as an audiobook): ONE DAY AND ONE AMAZING MORNING ON ORANGE STREET "Fully realized characters and setting definitely make this one morning on Orange Street amazing." KIRKUS, starred.

Her early readers THREE SMART PALS and THIS BOOK IS HAUNTED will soon be e-books, the latter also to be released as an App.

Joanne has a doctorate in psychology and is a former elementary school teacher, presently writing children’s books full-time. For several years she taught a popular class in writing children’s books at UCLA Extension. She gives presentations in schools, libraries and bookstores and has been a speaker for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the California Reading Association, and other organizations.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Joanne lived in Los Angeles for many decades. She now lives in Oakland, California.