As co-editor of Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls, I’m always interested in the literary careers of the wonderful writers whose stories are featured in the book. From over a hundred submissions, Deb Loughead and I chose fifteen original stories to include. Today I’m pleased to bring you an update on the authors of three of them:
Karen Krossing, shown here reading from her story “Profanity” at the Cleavage launch at the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in 2008, has a new YA novel, TheYo-Yo Prophet, just released from Orca Books .
Watch the cool trailer here!
Since her story “About My Curves” appeared in Cleavage, Robin Stevenson has published several books for children and teens and been short-listed for many awards. I really enjoyed reading A Thousand Shades of Blue (nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award) and Liars and Fools. Robin toured Ontario for TD Canada Children’s Book Week 2011 and has two new books out this fall, Ben the Inventor for young readers and Escape Velocity for teens.
Mar’ce Merrell’s delicious contribution to Cleavage, “The Cake Princess” was reprinted in an educational anthology, and she has now developed her story into a YA novel. She’s represented by Stimola Literary Studio, and The Cake Princess will be published in Spring 2012. 
Congratulations everyone! I’m so looking forward to reading your new books.
Thanks, Jocelyn. I’m looking forward to reading your upcoming novel, too.
Thanks Karen. Next spring seems a long way away still. Should be doing the copy edit next week though.
What a lovely post, Jocelyn. It is nice to see what is upcoming for the authors. Looking forward to reading your new book too.
Thanks Rebecca. They are great writers, and I’m really proud of publishing some of their work.