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Reviewed Authors

Don't tell Marjane Satrapi I have a crush on her

William Kamkwamba is going to save the world

The loquacious Ron Koertge 

George Saunders and his immaculate bookshelves

Sandra Cisneros: author, traveler, giver of psychedelic site banners

Paul Dowswell, whose page is one of these away from being perfect for Geocities: 

Thanks to the internet, Theodore Taylor will live forever

John Darnielle is a Mountain Goat

Elie Wiesel (Foundation)

Peter Kuper's drawings will bring on night terrors

James Vance Marshall is a pseudonym, but only dorks like me refer to Mark Twain as "Ol' Sam Clemens"

K.L. Hong doesn't want you to find her on the interwebs.

If Shaun Tan were my student, I'd nickname him Shanty Town. So close!

Courtney Summers wins the award for dramatic book covers.

Oscar Hijuelos doesn't have an official website. Someone tell him they have the internet on computers now.

Roland Smith ought to have his own show on National Geographic Channel.

Like he needs my help: John Green

I wonder if John Swartzwelder's epitaph will be "the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons"

Elizabeth George Speare tells no tales, but has a Wikipedia page.

WHAT? S.E. HINTON IS A GIRL?!

Kimberly Willis Holt suggests baking cookies as a cure for writer's block.
What happened to good, old-fashioned booze?

Scott Westerfeld seems to be a decent guy. 

Education writers of interest

Thomas Newkirk on boys as readers and writers

Nancie Atwell is the foremost authority on writing with kids, and won't sell me her rocking chair.

David Tyack asks mind-blowing questions such as, why do we go to school anyway?

Teri Lesesne is a "YA goddess" who completes the stereotype with a Twitter page featuring multiple photos of her cat. Sigh.

Causes

I'll put them here as I find YA causes to get behind. For now...

DOWN WITH COMIC SANS!