Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic

Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic

A Tribute to Richard Peck

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Friday, July 28, 2017

The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman

Author Tara Dairman (All Four Stars series) has another great book coming out this fall. In The Great Hibernation, (Wendy Lamb Books/...

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Two Picture Books with Great Page Turns

Fact: The page turn is important. Librarians and story time readers select books that are engaging to their little listeners. Tired pa...

Friday, May 26, 2017

BookBar Puts 2500 Books in the Hands of Needy Children

This week, BookBar Denver, will be donating over 2500 children’s books to local students—and if that’s not fantastic enough, they ...

Friday, March 10, 2017

Just A Normal Tuesday

JUST A NORMAL TUESDAY by Kim Turrisi (KCP Loft, May 2, 2017) is packed with raw and honest writing—pain and heartache, but also laughte...

Thursday, September 1, 2016

The Next John Green?

DIE YOUNG WITH ME by Rob Rufus Clipped from the pages of Simon & Schuster (release date September 20, 2016): In the tradition ...

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Interview with Literary Agent Shannon Hassan

Hello, Readers! Today on the blog we have agent Shannon Hassan from Marsal Lyon Literary Agency . Prior to this interview, Shannon an...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

SCBWI Unofficial Scavenger Hunt

Unofficial SCBWI Scavenger Hunt! How would you like to show up to LA16SCBWI and and win cocktails, conversation, and a critique wit...

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About Me

Kim Tomsic: I’m a reader, writer, dreamer, believer, and lover of peanut M-n-Ms. My publishing heroes including Richard Peck, Bryan Collier, Ingrid Law, Meg Medina, Kate DiCamillo, Rebecca Stead, Nicola Yoon, Laurie Halse Anderson, Christina Soontornvat, Eliot Schrefer, Dianne White, and others! How my publishing career unfolded: It started with a love of reading. Next, I wrote a manuscript, joined the SCBWI, and a critique group. I read blogs, craft books (on plot, character, and structure). I attended conferences, hosted writer gatherings, subscribed to Writers Digest (and won a contest!). I wrote articles and studied craft. Five years later, I landed my first book deal!—dreams do come true! My debut book, The 11:11 Wish released in 2018 with HarperCollins. My debut nonfiction picture book, GUITAR GENIUS (illustrated by Brett Helquist), released in 2019 with Chronicle Books. The 12th Candle came next (HarperCollins). The Elephants Come Home hit bookshelves in 2021 (illustrated by Hadley Hooper) and has been internationally published and named to more than nine state reading lists! Comic artist, Mark Parisi and I co-wrote The Truth About 5th Grade (HarperCollins). It's on shelves now.

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