Finding what teen girls want, and producing it is an article about Alloy Entertainment, the company responsible for Gossip Girl, A-List and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The process at Alloy is a little different than authors approaching a publisher. In Alloy’s case, they approach authors (often authors without any experience) to produce an idea that Alloy has developed.
Day: July 9, 2005
Cottrell Boyce Wins Carnegie Medal for Millions
‘Million To One’ outsider scoops CILIP Carnegie Medal with First Novel
Frank Cottrell Boyce has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2004 for ‘Millions’. Cottrell Boyce’s debut novel beat off strong competition from former winners Philip Pullman and Sharon Creech, and well-established writers Eva Ibbotson and Anne Cassidy, as well as one other first novel from American, Gennifer Choldenko.
Waking Brain Cells 