Beyond Biographies Intensive– Writing Educational Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books of All Kinds
In this three-day workshop, award-winning picture book author Miranda Paul and guest faculty Editor Neal Porter, will show you how to dazzle 21st century kids with creative nonfiction and informational fiction picture books that outshine the textbooks of generations past. By showcasing myriad formats beyond the ever-popular picture book biography—including narrative, expository, poetic, lyrical and layered structures—the focus of this course will be on shaping informational manuscripts into entertaining, engaging, and salable titles that appeal to trade as well as school and library markets.