November 17, 2012, Saturday - Second Story Reading Series: W.H. Beck and Julie Bowe at The Loft

Tme: 2:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Second Story Reading Series: W.H. Beck and Julie Bowe

Second Story, the Loft's reading series for authors of children's and young adult literature, presents authors W.H. Beck and Julie Bowe.

W.H. Beck is an elementary school librarian by day and children's writer by night (well, actually, very early mornings). She reads and writes in northwestern Wisconsin with her husband, two boys, and a big black dog. Malcolm at Midnight is her first book.

Julie Bowe is the author of the Friends for Keeps series -- My Last Best Friend, My New Best Friend, My Best Frenemy, My Forever Friends, and My Extra Best Friend. My Last Best Friend was included in Kirkus Reviews '07 First Fiction Spotlight: Promising Debuts from Important New Voices, was a finalist for the 2008-09 Great Stone Face Book Award, and won the 2008 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. School Library Journal describes it as perfect "for readers who have graduated from Sara Pennypacker's 'Clementine' stories, Barbara Park's 'Junie B. Jones' series, and Megan McDonald's 'Judy Moody' books." Julie has worked as a youth director, camp program director, and as a curriculum writer and editor. She lives in Wisconsin and is a volunteer youth leader in her community.

Second Story is curated by authors Swati Avasthi and Heather Bouwman.