The Longstockings: We who write, blog, and ♥ children's books.

The Longstockings is a group of children’s authors dedicated to creating great books for children and teens. We met through the MFA in writing for children program at the New School in New York City.

We began as a workshop group with the goal of helping each other polish our manuscripts. As time went on, the group also became a cheering section, motivational coach, and professional group.

For 2010, we're offering 12 writers the chance to have their work-in-progress workshopped by our group. Each month we'll select one writer and detail the process on our blog. To submit your name for consideration, please read this.

Coe Booth was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. She received an MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her first novel Tyrell won the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her second novel Kendra was chosen as one of the American Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults.

Daphne Grab grew up in a small town in upstate New York. She has worked a number of jobs including teaching high school history, building houses for Habitat for Humanity, waiting tables and teaching ESL in China. She occasionally writes under the name Lila Castle and lives happily in New York City with her husband and children.

Lisa Greenwald's debut novel My Life in Pink & Green was released in March of 2009. Her next book will hit shelves in November of 2010. In addition to writing, Lisa works in the library at The Birch Wathen Lenox School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband Dave who enjoys being an honorary Longstocking.

Jenny Han is the author of teen novels Shug and The Summer I Turned Pretty series. A Southern girl at heart, she now lives in New York City and works part-time at a school library on the Upper West Side. She is currently working on the final Summer book as well as a middle grade chapter book about a sassy little girl named Clara Lee.

Caroline Hickey writes both middle grade and teen novels, including Cassie Was Here and Isabelle's Boyfriend. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School in New York City and has worked as a writing mentor for at-risk girls. Caroline lives in Washington, DC with her husband and young daughter.

Siobhan Vivian received her BFA from The University of the Arts and her MFA from The New School. She has written for The Disney Channel, was the former editor of several New York Times best-selling series, and currently teaches Writing Youth Literature at The University of Pittsburgh.