Class of 2k7
A Novel Approach to Debut Authors
The Class of 2k7 is a group of first-time children’s and YA authors with debut books coming out in 2007. We’re helping to promote each other’s books with this joint Class of 2k7 website as well as a collective blog, newsletter, forum, chatroom, and brochure. Our authors hail from 20 states and D.C. representing an extensive range of genres and publishers.
The Class of 2K7 offers Booksellers, Librarians and Teachers:
- A single spot to find 38 of the freshest voices in children’s literature
- Authors willing to do school or library visits and in-store book signings
- Regional coordinators able to help plan and facilitate multi-author events
- Presentations for conferences and book festivals
Check us out on the web at: http://classof2k7.com/
Members
- Sarah Aronson
- Jay Asher
- Ruth McNally Barshaw
- A.C.E. Bauer
- Kelly Bingham
- Julie Bowe
- Laura Bowers
- Paula Chase
- Cassandra Clare
- Rosemary Clement-Moore
- Autumn Cornwell
- Karen Day
- Sarah Beth Durst
- Ann Dee Ellis
- Aimee Ferris
- Greg R. Fishbone
- Sundee T. Frazier
- Jeannine Garsee
- Judy Gregerson
- Stephanie Hale
- S.A. Harazin
- Thatcher Heldring
- Paula Jolin
- Carrie Jones
- Marlane Kennedy
- Rose Kent
- Jo Knowles
- Constance Leeds
- Eric Luper
- Melissa Marr
- G. Neri
- Elizabeth Scott
- Suzanne Selfors
- Joni Sensel
- Rebecca Stead
- Heather Tomlinson
- Tiffany Trent
- Sara Zarr
2k7ers at BookExpo America
SIGNING BOOKS:
Paula Chase
Melissa Marr
Tiffany Trent
ON THE FLOOR:
Laura Bowers
Sarah Beth Durst
Greg Fishbone
Jeanine Garsee
Carrie Jones
Jo Knowles
Eric Luper
Rebecca Stead
Many Summer/Fall advance reader copies were to be had!
2k7ers in Nashua, NH
Also present were 2k7 Class Historian A.C.E. Bauer and Class of 2k8 co-leader Marissa Doyle.
This was the first joint presentation of 2k7ers, but certainly not the last. You’ll see another panel in Los Angeles this August and at a variety of book signings, school visits, weddings, and bat-mitzvahs.
2k7 in Publishers Weekly
If you’re looking for spooky reading this Halloween, check out the October 30, 2006 issue of Publishers Weekly magazine. The contents page has a splashy version of our new Class of 2k7 logo that literally bleeds off the page!*
(*We can say literally here because “bleeding” is a publishing term for a graphic element that extends beyond the border. No actual blood is involved but it still sounds plenty scary to us!)
Prominently featured in the issue is an article about a group of authors who have banded together into an unruly torch-wielding mob—and they are coming to get you!**
(**Especially if you’re a bookseller, teacher, or librarian. “Coming to get you” might be a bit strong, but we would appreciate if you’d pay us some attention and give our books careful consideration. Also, we don’t really have torches. Also, we’re not unruly and are actually quite pleasant when you meet us in person.)
The online version of the article features a multimedia presentation of screaming voices and fingernails drawn across a gravestone.***
(***No, not really. We asked for it, but it wasn’t in the budget.)
Check us out here:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6386303.html
Betsy and Bruce Take Notice
And to make things even more exciting, our class is now a link on Bruce Black’s excellent blog, wordswimmer.
This is a very good day for the class. It’s almost like the teachers have put gold stars on all our foreheads or stamped GOOD WORK stickers on our hands.
Thank you Betsy and Bruce, from all of us.
Here’s a quick peek at 2k7 authors defined as “edgy.” Although, I have to say that edgy is a pretty lame way to describe a book.
Sarah Aronson
Sarah is the author of Head Case (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck Group, Fall 2007)
Jay Asher
Jay is the author of Thirteen Reasons Why (Razorbill/Penguin, Fall 2007)
Karen Day
Karen is the author of Tall Tales (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House, Spring 2007) - ISBN: 0-375-83773-6
Ann Dee Ellis
Ann Dee is the author of This Is What I Did: (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Summer 2007)
Jeannine Garsee
Jeannine is the author of Before After and Somebody In Between (Bloomsbury US, Summer 2007)
Judy Gregerson
Judy is the author of Bad Girls Club (Blooming Tree Press, Summer 2007) - ISBN: 1-933831-01-4
S.A. Harazin
S.A. Harazin is the author of Blood Brothers (Delacorte/Random House, Summer 2007)
Carrie Jones
Carrie is the author of Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend (Flux/Llewellyn, Spring 2007) - ISBN: 0-7387-1050-4
Jo Knowles
Jo is the author of Lessons from a Dead Girl (Candlewick, Fall 2007)
Eric Luper
Eric is the author of Big Slick (Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Holtzbrinck Group, Fall 2007)
Melissa Marr
Melissa is the author of Wicked Lovely (HarperCollins, Summer 2007)
G. Neri
G. Neri is the author of an illustrated novella called Chess Rumble (Lee and Low Books, Fall 2007).
Tiffany Trent
Tiffany is the author of In the Serpent’s Coils, the first book in the young adult fantasy Hallowmere series (Mirrorstone/Wizards of the Coast, Summer 2007)