Past Author Visits 

by George Pilling, District Library Media Specialist

Author visits are fun and inspirational for students.  VUSD has supported these authors in the past.

2001-2

• Matthew Gollub www.matthewgollub.com  

• Thacher Hurd 

• Gary Soto www.garysoto.com 

• Wendelin VanDraanen www.randomhouse.com/kids/vandraanen 

2002-3

• Alexis O'Neill www.alexisoneill.com  pictures of her visit

• Barney Saltzberg www.barneysaltzberg.com  pictures of his visit

• David Schwartz www.davidschwartz.com  pictures of his visit

• Caroline Arnold www.geocities.com/Athens/1264  pictures of her visit

• Pam Muņoz Ryan www.pammunozryan.com  pictures of her visit

2003-4

• Alexis O'Neill www.alexisoneill.com   pictures of her visit

• Ralph Fletcher www.ralphfletcher.com  pictures of his visit

• Dan Gutman www.dangutman.com   pictures of his visit

• Ashley Wolff  www.ashleywolff.com  pictures of her visit

2004-5 Authors

• Ben Mikaelson view pictures of his visit to Visalia

• Milly Lee view pictures of her visit

• David Schwartz view pictures of his visit

• Jeff Savage view pictures of his visit

• Ralph Fletcher view pictures of his visit

• Karma Wilson view pictures of her visit

• Francisco Jimenez view pictures of his visit

2005-6 Authors

• Alexis O'Neill www.alexisoneill.com 

• Ben Mikaelson

• Kate Hovey www.katehovey.com

• Wendelin Van Draanen

• Matthew Gollub www.matthewgollub.com  

• Jeff Savage

• Brian Cleary

• Deborah Nourse Lattimore

• Ashley Wolff

2006-7 Authors

• Tom Birdseye

• Joe Cepeda

• Le Uyen Pham

• Daniel San Souci

• Susan Middleton Elya

• Heather Forest

• Kate Hovey

• Author festival:

  • Avi

  • Sarah Weeks

  • Walter Dean Myers

  • Sharon Creech

2007-8 Authors

• Aliki

• Yuyi Morales

• Joe Cepeda

• Diane Stanley

• Wendelin Van Draanen

• Ralph Fletcher

• Author-illustrator festival:

  • Joe Cepeda

  • Thacher Hurd

  • Yuyi Morales

  • Ashley Wolff

2008-9 Authors

• Greg Trine

• Mary Ann Fraser

• Alexis O'Neill

• Elissa Haden Guest

2009-10 Authors

• Jeff Savage

• Wendelin Van Draanen

• Sylvia Ross

2010-11 Authors

• Greg Trine

• Mary Ann Fraser

• David Schwartz

2011-12 authors

• Alexis O'Neill

• Kate Hovey

• Joe Cepeda

 updated 3/10