Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic

Bookshelf Detective by Kim Tomsic

A Tribute to Richard Peck

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Saturday, January 13, 2018

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2018 Golden Kite Award and Sid Fleishman Humor Award

SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS TO PRESENT 2018 GOLDEN KITE AWARDS AND SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD AT 1...

Friday, October 6, 2017

Publishing 101

Hello, Authors! If you are visiting this page, you may have attended my Publishing 101 session at the Rocky Mountain SCBWI regional confer...

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrable: Entertainment, Adventure, and Diversity!

Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrable FROM THE JACKETFLAP: "Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most ki...

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Interview with Literary Agent Hilary Harwell KT Literary Agency

Hello, Readers! Today, I have the privilege of giving you a look inside KT Literary Agency with an interview featuring Associate Liter...

Sunday, August 13, 2017

More Starred Reviews for Melanie Crowder: Three Pennies

“Never, under any circumstances, tell anyone that you’re waiting for your mother to come back for you.” That’s Marin’s motto in Thre...

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/...

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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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