Where
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
** new location ** 282 S. High Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472 Phone 707-829-4797
Enter LEFT SIDE DOOR
Join SCBWI Golden Kite 2013 non-fiction award winnerJeri Chase Ferris and discover the secrets of writing historical fiction for kids of all ages. Learn how to find and incorporate primary sources for the historical part of your book and create unforgettable characters for the fiction part. Ms. Ferris will answer the questions critical to writing successful historical fiction, for example: How much of the book should be fiction and how much history? How do we ensure that the history is factual? Do we have to? What parts of historical fiction can be made up? Is it necessary for us as authors, parents, and teachers to clarify what is fact and what is fiction? What are the writing and historical content levels for different ages?
Jeri is currently completing The Last Mouse in Leningrad for young adults, an historical fiction story set in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia) during the 900-day Siege in WWII. This book comes from her passion for Russia and its history, culture, and people, and her desire to convey the unimaginable experiences of the people and youth of 1941 Leningrad. For more on Jeri, her trips to Russia and her extensive Russian Collection, click HERE.
JERI CHASE FERRIS is the award-winning author of twelve biographies for children and young adults, plus articles and stories for the L.A. Times and other newspapers and magazines. She specializes in biographies of women and minorities – people from 1776 to 1936 who did historically significant deeds for America, but were overlooked. Her latest biography, Noah Webster & His Words (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, October 2012), won the SCBWI Golden Kite award for best non-fiction book of 2012. It’s a Junior Library Guild selection and has been receiving ecstatic reviews all over the country.
Please visit Jeri at her website by clicking here.
Non-members registration on-line $15, at the door $20
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