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Penguin Young Readers Author/Illustrator Steve Breen Wins Second Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Steve Breen, the author/illustrator of Violet the Pilot (Dial Books for Young Readers) and Stick (Puffin), has won his second Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his work with the San Diego Union-Tribune. Breen first won the prize in 1998 when he worked at the Asbury Park Press and is only the twelfth person ever to win the Pulitzer for Editorial Cartooning more than once.
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. Stick was reissued in paperback this month, and Breen’s newest picture book, The Secret of Santa’s Island (Dial Books for Young Readers), will be released in October 2009.
View some of Breen’s illustrations from inside Stick and inside Violet the Pilot.
Pictured: Lauri Hornik, President and Publisher of Dial Books for Young Readers and Dutton Children’s Books, Steve Breen and Lily Malcolm, Art Director for Dial Books for Young Readers.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Wins 2009 Heartland Award
Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why (Razorbill), which is currently #5 on The New York Times children’s chapter books list in its 26th week, has been selected to win this year’s Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. Created and directed by The Writing Conference, Inc., the Heartland Award was established in 1996 to encourage the participation of young adults in the reading of young adult literature. Students in grades 6-12 across the state of Kansas who have read at least three of the books on the master list are eligible to vote for their favorite title. One winner and two honor books are selected each year.
Listen to author Jay Asher and his wife JoanMarie read an excerpt from the award-winning novel.
Ceridwen Dovey Wins a “Women of the Year” Award from South Africa’s Glamour Magazine
Ceridwen Dovey, Viking/Penguin author of Blood Kin (now out in paperback from Penguin), was honored by the South African women’s magazine, Glamour, winning “The Next Big Thing” category of the Women of the Year Awards. The Harvard Crimson’s Alexander B. Fabry describes the author’s remarkable success: “The book has also scooped up three literary awards. It is shortlisted for four more awards, including the Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under 30. The novel is about power, cruelty and corruption and was inspired by “people who are beneficiaries of a corrupt regime, not the direct perpetrators nor direct victims, but those who are somewhere in between.”
You can read more about it here on the Penguin South Africa blog.
Listen to an interview with Blood Kin author Ceridwen Dovey about her childhood in Australia and South Africa and her thoughts on politics. She also reads an excerpt from her book.
