2009 is International Year of Astronomy. Celebrate by bringing Elaine Scott to your school! Book now for the best selection of dates. Science education can be fun when students learn from an award-winning author.

Charlesbridge Publishing has named Elaine Scott as their "Author of the Month." Click here to read an interview about writing Secrets of the Cirque Medrano.

Read Cynthia Leitich Smith's interview with Elaine at Cynsations.

When is a Planet Not a Planet? is named a 2008 Teacher's Choice by the International Reading Association.

Now available in audiobook! When is a Planet Not a Planet?: The Story of Pluto is now available as an audiobook from Random House Audio. Listen to a sample clip by clicking here.

Library Sparks featured When is a Planet Not a Planet? and Elaine Scott in the March 2008 issue.

Secrets of the Cirque Medrano is now available! Check out the reviews in the Books section and order it from your favorite bookstore.

Watch for All About Sleep from A to ZZZZZ (Viking, 2008) and Mars and The Search for Life (Clarion, 2008).

Click here to send an email to Elaine Scott.

Kudos

When Is a Planet Not a Planet? has received exceptional reviews, including a Starred Review from School Library Journal, and has been named a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection for Fall 2007. It was also named as a PBS Recommended Book and a 2008 Teacher's Choice book.

Poles Apart was named a finalist for the prestigious Teddy Children's Book Award in 2005.

The Pennsylvania Library Association named Poles Apart to its YA Top 40 list!

Chicago Public Library names Poles Apart one of its Best of the Best. Click here to view the list!

Poles Apart was nominated as a 2006 Best Books for Young Adults!

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Site updated May 11, 2008.

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Thanks for visiting my web pages. I hope you find everything you're looking for here. If not, please shoot me an e-mail and tell me what you think is missing. And if you're a student whose school I have visited, yes, I really mean it when I say I will continue to answer your questions via e-mail. So keep on sending those questions! Click here to send them to me.

2007 was a busy year. When Is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto was published at the end of August by Clarion Books. I've been having a wonderful time this fall telling students about the book, and the science that lies within its pages. For me, the joy lies in the research and writing of the book, but I must confess that good reviews, once the book is published, are an added satisfaction. The reviewers have been very kind to Planet, and I'm grateful. It is also now available as an audio book from Listening Library, so if you like, you can pop it in and listen while you do something else-like clean your room, or ride your bike!

In February, Secrets of the Cirque Medrano was published by Charlesbridge. Secrets is something different for me-a novel. I was inspired by Picasso's famous painting, The Family of Saltimbanques, which now hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. The story revolves around 14-year-old Brigitte, the café where she works and lives with an elderly aunt and uncle, a young acrobat from the Cirque Medrano, revolutionaries and Russian diplomats, and of course…Picasso. It is nothing like the story I began to write, but of course, that's why writing is so exciting. The writing process is like a journey that takes you to a destination you may not have planned.

Also coming in 2008 is All About Sleep from A to Zzzzz, published by Viking Children's Books. I learned so much researching this book! Did you know the ancients actually went to sleep temples? That our bodies become paralyzed while we dream-and that's a good thing? That some people have done terrible things in their sleep-like murder-and have been acquitted of the crime? All About Sleep talks about those things, and much, much more. If you've ever been curious about where you go when you go to sleep, I hope you'll read this book.

The last book for 2008 is Mars and the Search for Life coming from Clarion. This is a book about the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and the discoveries they are making on Mars. Mars is the planet in our solar system most like Earth, and scientists are eager to learn more about its formation and history, so they can in turn learn more about what Earth's fate might be in the future. Mars appears dry, but is there liquid water hidden beneath its dusty surface? Were there ever rivers and oceans on Mars? Could human beings live there one day? Has any life ever been found on Mars? These are questions scientists are asking. You may find some answers in this book.

Keep checking back on the web page, as I will be updating it from time to time, as I plan new projects. In the meantime, work hard, play a lot, keep sending those e-mails, and have a wonderful 2008! Elaine Scott

Honors and Events

Elaine was a featured speaker at the 2008 Texas Library Association Conference in Dallas, TX.

Elaine was a featured author at the 2007 Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX.

Elaine was one of a select group of children's authors invited to participate in Laura Bush Celebrates America's Authors, part of the extended Inaugural Activities on January 19, 2001. Read about her experience in the Special Events section of the site.

Governor George W. Bush welcomes Elaine Scott to the 1999 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas.

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