NEWS & EVENTS
The Year the Swallows Came Early is now a Bank Street Best Book for 2010.
Bookpage has named The Year the Swallows Came Early as one of the Ten best middle grade novels of 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been named by Booklist as a Top Ten First Novels for Youth in 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early is now a California Readers Collection List selection for 2010
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been nominated by SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) for their annual book awards.
Kathryn will be attending the 39th annual SCBWI summer conference from July 30-August 2, 2010.
MEET KATHRYN
When Kathryn was thirteen, her mother sent her to New York to visit her grandmother, who was a science fiction author. After seeing how her grandmother created the characters in her books, Kathryn decided that she, too, wanted to become a writer.