Meet Some of My Favorite Children's Book Authors

 Award-winning author and motivational speaker Linda Apple writes inspirational nonfiction, women’s fiction, and books for children featuring her Scottish Terrier, Winston.  Linda has provided workshops on writing across the US and abroad.

Her book was on the shortlist for the Benjamin Franklin Award. Public schools have used her Winston chapter book series, which features Social and Emotional Learning, for their One-Book program. Winston also has a newsletter for children. Look for his latest book, ARF! Arfsome Real-life Fables in 2024. 

Linda received the 2023 Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame Award, given annually to an Arkansas author of note. 

Connect with Linda:

https://www.Lindaapple.com

 Mary Jo Huff is  known for workshops, keynote addresses and staff development. Her extensive experience in early childhood helps her as she connects to the power of story, puppet play, music and movement. She brings a unique and workable approach to telling stories. Mary Jo enjoys speaking for family nights and opening ceremonies.  She has been in the world for children's book authors for quite sometime and looks forward to the publication of her newest book The Storybox in 2021. Check out her website here.

Sherry Roberts holds a Doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Louisville. She has taught middle school through college in her 37 years of teaching. She has conducted technology camps, workshops for K-12 students, and teacher educational technology training.

She began creating stories with her nephew and nieces. This grew to writing children's stories for others to read. Her love of dogs, particularly basset hounds and rescue dogs, led to her debut picture book, Twas the Night Before Christmas…A First for Gus (Young Dragon Press 2021) about a shelter pup named Gus. This debut book has won multiple awards, including the 2022 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award – Silver, Children’s. 

In 2023 she published three picture books.  Hello, Can I Bug You?, What's Wrong with Barnaby?, and The Best Reading Buddy. All three books have won awards this year.

This award-winning author has completed her debut middle-grade book (February 2024), The Galaxy According to CeCe. This is part of a three-book middle-grade series. This series began as a nod to her life of moving around and the one truly unusual home her family once lived in. This is also a STEM-related book with the inclusion of astronomy as a background of CeCe's family. Book two, The Galaxy According to Cece: The Mysterious Dr. Pruitt, arrives on bookshelves in November 2024. Book three will be out in 2025. 

Connect with Sherry:

https://www.sjrobertscreative.net/

Ruth Weeks, aka Winnie Watson, is an award-winning author with five published books. She is also an accomplished public speaker, writing contest judge, and instructor. Ruth served on the Board of Directors for Ozark Writers League in Branson, Missouri. She attributes her passion for storytelling to her mother, Winnie Watson. Ruth majored in Drama at the University of Arkansas which also contributed to her rich storytelling abilities. She writes under her mother’s name to honor her memory.

Ruth lives in Springdale, Arkansas with her two cats, Fred and Coco, both serve as her muse. 

Check out her website here.