Week 4 (March 28) - Marketing Middle Grade with the Pros

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Week 4 (March 28) - Marketing Middle Grade with the Pros

Amber McRee Turner  - @ambermcturner

Amber McRee Turner is the author of SWAY, released by Disney-Hyperion in 2012 and CIRCA NOW, coming from Disney-Hyperion in May 2014. She is represented by Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary. You can visit her website at www.ambermcreeturner.com

Joanna Volpe - @JoSVolpe

Joanna Volpe has been a bookseller at Barnes & Noble, an editorial assistant with independent publisher Blue Martin Publications, an assistant and junior agent at FinePrint Literary Management and a full-time agent with Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation, all before starting her own company: New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.

Jason Brubaker - @Jason_Brubaker

Jason Brubaker works at Dreamworks Animation in Visual Development. At night, he puts on his cape and doubles as an independent graphic novelist and self-publisher. He's  worked professionally as an artist and animator on commercials and films since 1996. http://www.remindblog.com/

reMind was a 2012 Great Graphic Novel from YALSA. reMIND 2 is officially in the top 10 most funded Kickstarter projects for comics, where he raised over $95,000 for his book.

Tracey Daniels - @TrayMMP 

Tracey Daniels is the founder and senior partner of Media Masters Publicity, LLC, an agency dedicated to promoting children's books and graphic novels. Tracey has more than 20 years of children's book publicity experience. After receiving her Bachelor's Degree in Secondary English Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Tracey realized her true passion was to work with books and authors. Tracey lives with her husband, fifteen year-old daughter Maren, eleven year-old son Liam, and a beagle named Edgar Allen Poe. After living in both the Philadelphia and Chicago area, Tracey and her family moved to Tryon, NC, (population: 1500).