Cynthia Leitich Smith: Media Updates

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Media Updates

Tantalize Audio on Sale Feb. 26 from Spookycyn.

Candlewick to Release TANTALIZE Graphic Novel from Spookycyn. Nov. 19, 2007.

Listening Library to Release TANTALIZE on Audio from Spookycyn. Nov. 19, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith by Sarah Aronson at Through the Tollbooth (Dec. 12, 2007).

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith from WORD. Nov. 15, 2007.

Library Sparks features SANTA KNOWS Readers' Theater. Nov. 15, 2007.

Author Chats at Faerie Drink Forums: Cynthia Leitich Smith to chat from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8. Nov. 11, 2007.

Predator or Prey Contest Giveaway Winners, Oct. 22, 2007.

2007 National Book Festival: Impressions and Memories from Cynsations, Oct. 1, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith by Elle Wolterbeek from the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (International Reading Association)(scroll to pages 81 to 84 (pg. 7 to 10 of the PDF file), Sept. 2007.

Indian Education students in the neighborhood of the Maxwell Park Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma will receive signed copies of picture book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2000). The gift was made possible by the Charles W. and Pauline K. Flint Foundation grant to the Tulsa City County Library. This program provides children with a signed book of their own to help foster a love of reading and learning. Sue Anderson of Maxwell Park Library said, "Jingle Dancer was chosen for its positive depiction of American Indian children in a contemporary situation."

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith from the Faerie Drink Review, Sept. 13, 2007.

Library of Congress Announces Award-Winning Authors To Participate in Seventh Annual Book Festival, August, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith by Debbi Michiko Florence, June, 2007.

What's Fresh with Cynthia Leitich Smith's Tantalize by Kelly Para at YA Fresh, June 18, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith: a Girlfriends Cyber Circuit interview by Lara M. Zeises, March 9, 2007.

Shop Talk Tuesday with Cynthia Leitich Smith from Laura Bowers at Writing Without the Reins, March 20, 2007.

Chatting with Cynthia Leitich Smith from Hello Ma'am, March 19, 2007.

Going Goth: An Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith from Suite101.com, April 28, 2007.

"To Blog or Not to Blog" by Sue Corbett from Publishers Weekly, March 5, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith at Not Your Mother's Book Club, Feb. 16, 2007.

Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith at the YA Authors Café, Feb. 14, 2007.

Meet the Authors: Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith on SANTA KNOWS from Children's Literature (Nov. 2006).

Authorlink Interviews Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith About SANTA KNOWS. (Oct. 2006).

SANTA KNOWS Book Signings and Book Plates.

Web Designer Lisa Firke on the Design of www.santa-knows.com (Sept. 15, 2006).

Now Available: SANTA KNOWS by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, illustrated by Steve Björkman (Dutton, 2006)(Sept. 14, 2006).

Cynsations Named One of Two Most-Read Blogs by Susan Raab's "To Market" Column from SCBWI National. See: To Market: Learning the Ropes of PR: "Read Any Good Blogs Lately?" from Raab Associates (Spring, 2006).

Cynthia Leitich Smith to Judge 2006 SmartWriters Write It Now! Competition (Feb. 9, 2005).

Web Designer Lisa Firke of Hit Those Keys on the Redesign of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com (Feb. 3, 2006).

Cynsational Books of 2005 (Dec. 9, 2005).

RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME featured on Red Tales, Aboriginal Voices Radio, 106.5 (Nov. 3, 2005).

"Building a Better Future for Our Children and Our Community:” a poster series featuring Cynthia Leitich Smith published by Equal Opportunity division of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; featured in federal workplaces across the United States (Nov. 1, 2005).

Advanced Reader Copies are released for Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today (featuring a short story by Cynthia Leitich Smith)(March 20, 2005).

Cynthia Leitich Smith Hosts: “Boys & Girls, Men & Women, Authors & Heroes” at the YA Authors Café (May 10, 2005).

Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith Sign First Joint Book Deal with Dutton (May 9, 2005)(note: new title is SANTA KNOWS, and Steve Bjorkman is slated to illustrate).

Cicada magazine publishes "Riding With Rosa" (March 3, 2005).

INDIAN SHOES featured by Read On Wisconsin! and Smartwriters Names Cynsational "Cool" (March 1, 2005).

Cynthia Leitich Smith Featured In Authors Too Good To Miss (Feb. 3, 2005).

Greg Leitich Smith Debuts Blog (Jan. 26, 2005).

Cynthia Leitich Smith's site is named to a list of ALA Great Web Sites for Kids (Jan. 21, 2005).

CLSCYALR Announces Cynsational Books of 2004 (Jan. 16, 2005).

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