Saturday, April 9th is the Houston SCBWI Conference. Here’s the lineup of great speakers in attendance.

Ruth McNally Barshaw
Author-Illustrator of the Ellie McDoodle Series

Kate Fletcher, Editor Candlewick

Leah Hultenschmidt, Sourcebook Inc.

Laurent Linn, Art Director, Simon and Schuster

Sara Megibow, Associate Literary Agent Nelson Literary Agency, LLC

Brenda Murray, Senior Editor, Scholastic

Abby Ranger, Editor, Disney Hyperion .

Anna Webman, Agent, Curtis Brown

This week I’ll be adding  some of the new work to my portfolio that I’ve worked on this year. I’ve finished my dummy book and will be taking it with me as well.  It will be a lot of fun to meet up with friends that I usually only get to talk to online! See you there!