Last week, the Chelsea District Library faced a shakeup in its Authors in Chelsea line-up.
Unfortunately, Lynda Hunt is no longer able to appear at Authors in Chelsea. However, Michigan author Gary Schmidt has stepped up and will be here in her place.
Youth and Teen Librarian Edith Donnell said that, “Mr. Schmidt appeared as part of Authors in Chelsea in 2015 and captivated his student and public audiences with his storytelling skills. Beach Middle School staff was disappointed to hear that Lynda Hunt will not be here, but thrilled to know that such a popular author will be returning.”
Schmidt takes writing very seriously, so much so that he actually uses a typewriter to create all of his novels. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. He received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and a Newbery Honor for The Wednesday Wars.
He lives with his family on a 150-year-old farm in Alto, Mich., where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, and feeds the wild cats that drop by.
He will present and lead writing workshops for 6th graders at Beach Middle School.
To find out more about this year’s Authors in Chelsea program visit www.chelseadistrictlibrary.org/authors-in-chelsea or call the library at 734-475-8732 and ask for a youth librarian.
