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Michael Cart is a nationally recognized expert in young adult literature and publishing. Recipient of the 2000 Grolier Award, he has written What's So Funny; My Father's Scar (selected as both a 1997 ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age); and Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth. Currently a writer for Booklist magazine, Cart wrote the "Children's Bookshelf" column for the LA Times Book Review from 1994-96 and has been Children's Book Reviewer for Parents Magazine. Since 1981, Cart has been co-producer and host of "In Print," a syndicated cable television program. Long active in the American Library Association, he has served on numerous ALA award committees, including the Margaret Edwards Award, Best Books for Young Adults, Caldecott Medal, and Notable Children's Book Committee. He was a founding judge for the LA Times Book Prize in the YA adult fiction category, and in 1997 was a judge for the National Book Award. He writes regularly for the LA Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and virtually every major professional magazine and journal. He lives in Chico, CA.Eggers, Dave is the author of 'Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002', published 2002 under ISBN 9780618246946 and ISBN 0618246940.
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