Megan Hall - Dear Bully

RACHEL VAIL is a multiple award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and teenagers. Her novels include Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters ; the Avery Sisters Trilogy ( Lucky, Gorgeous, and Brilliant ); If We Kiss; and the Friendship Ring series. Rachel lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. You can visit her online at www.rachelvail.com.

MELISSA WALKER is a writer who has worked as the ELLEgirl features editor and Seventeen prom editor. All in the name of journalism, she has spent twenty-four hours with male models and attended an elite finishing school for girls in New Zealand, among other hardships. Melissa is the author of Lovestruck Summer , Violet on the Runway , Violet by Design , and Violet in Private . She graduated from Vassar College and lives in Brooklyn. Visit her online at www.melissacwalker.com.

Born to a Puerto Rican father and a Polish mother, DIANA RODRIGUEZ WALLACH has experienced the cultures that her characters live in. Her debut novel was Amor and Summer Secrets . She has worked as a reporter and as an advocate for inner-city public schools. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband. Visit her online at www.dianarodriguezwallach.com.

DANIEL WATERS is the author of the Generation Dead series. Visit him online at www.watersdan.blogspot.com.

SARA BENNETT WEALER grew up in Kansas and now lives in Ohio with her husband and daughters. She is the author of Rival . Visit her online at www.sarabennettwealer.com.

STEVEN E. WEDEL is a lifelong Oklahoman. He’s held many jobs, including machinist and journalist, but is currently a high school English teacher. He is the coauthor, with Carrie Jones, of After Obsession . Visit Steven online at www.stevenewedel.com.

NANCY WERLIN is the author of eight YA novels so far, which include The Killer’s Cousin (winner of the Edgar Award), The Rules of Survival (a National Book Award finalist), Impossible (a New York Times bestseller), and Extraordinary (an Amazon.com Top 10 Book). She lives near Boston with her husband, Jim McCoy. Visit her online at www.nancywerlin.com.

KIERSTEN WHITE is the New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy and its sequel, Supernaturally . She has one tall husband and two small children and lives near the ocean in San Diego. Visit her online at www.kierstenwhite.com.

Three-time Caldecott honoree MO WILLEMS is known for his bestselling picture books featuring Pigeons, Knuffle Bunnies, and Elephant & Piggies. Work for older audiences includes the cartoon travelog You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons and works in Every Man for Himself , Guys Read , and the Monkeysuit comix anthologies. Mo created the Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and was the head writer for Codename: Kids Next Door before making books. Visit him online at www.mowillems.com .

MARYROSE WOOD, a former Broadway actor, comedian, and playwright, is proud to be a contributor to this anthology. She is the author of The Mysterious Howling and The Hidden Gallery , the first two volumes of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, The Poison Diaries, a gothic trilogy for teens based on a concept by the Duchess of Northumberland, My Life: The Musical , and Why I Let My Hair Grow Out . For more information, visit her online at www.maryrosewood.com.

LISA YEE is the author of ten novels, including Millicent Min, Girl Genius , recipient of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award; her Bobby Ellis-Chan series for younger readers; Absolutely Maybe , for teens; and Warp Speed , which follows seventh grader Marley Sandlesky, a Star Trek geek who gets beat up every day at school. A Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-Residence, Lisa has been named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and a USA Today Critics’ Top Pick. Lisa lives in South Pasadena, California, with her family. You can visit her online at www.lisayee.com or check out her blog at www.lisayee.livejournal.com.

LARA ZEISES is the author of six books for teenagers, including Contents Under Pressure and The Sweet Life of Stella Madison . Her novel True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (published under the pseudonym Lola Douglas) was made into a Lifetime movie. Lara earned her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. She works for the International Reading Association and leads fiction workshops at the University of Delaware. You can visit her online at www.zeisgeist.com.

MICHELLE ZINK has always been fascinated with ancient myths and legends. Never satisfied with simply reading them, she usually ends up asking, “What if?” Sometimes asking only leads to more questions, but every now and then, when everything falls into place just right, a story is born. Prophecy of the Sisters , Guardian of the Gate , and Circle of Fire were three of those stories. She lives in New York. Visit her online at www.michellezink.com.

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Dear bully : seventy authors tell their stories / edited by Carrie Jones and Megan Kelley Hall. — 1st ed.

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1. Bullying—United States—Juvenile literature. 2. School discipline—United States. I. Jones, Carrie. II. Kelley Hall, Megan.

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Copyright (continued)

“Why Do We Celebrate Bullying?” © 2011 by Ellen Hopkins

“Dear Bully” © 2011 by Laurie Faria Stolarz

“Love Letter to My Bully” © 2011 by Tonya Hurley

“Dear Audrey” © 2011 by Courtney Sheinmel

“Slammed” © 2011 by Marlene Perez

“My Apology” © 2011 by Marina Cohen

“Dear Samantha” © 2011 by Kieran Scott

“Stench” © 2011 by Jon Scieszka

“What I Wanted to Tell You” © 2011 by Melissa Schorr

“Subtle Bullying” © 2011 by Rachel Vail

“Hiding Me” © 2011 by R. A. Nelson

“Midsummer’s Nightmare” © 2011 by Holly Cupala

“BFFBOTT.COM” © 2011 by Lisa McMann

“An Innocent Bully” © 2011 by Linda Gerber

“The Secret” © 2011 by Heather Brewer

“The Funny Guy” © 2011 by R.L. Stine

“A List” © 2011 by Micol Ostow

“There’s a Light” © 2011 by Saundra Mitchell

“The Soundtrack to My Survival” © 2011 by Stephanie Kuehnert

“If Mean Froze” © 2011 by Carrie Jones

“Abuse” © 2011 by Lucienne Diver

“The Boy Who Won’t Leave Me Alone” © 2011 by A. S. King