Personnel

Stephen Mooser  |  President           Click here for an interview with Stephen Mooser
The author of nearly sixty books for children, when Stephen Mooser began writing books for children, he did it with a bang: in the space of five years he wrote 250 books, K-4, for the SWRL Reading Program published by Ginn. He has since written a number of major reading programs for several companies including Ginn, American Book Company, and Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich. Most readers know Stephen for his trade books, which began with the publication of 101 Black Cats (Scholastic) in 1975, and continued through 1999's release, Maid Marian's Adventures in Sherwood Forest: A Girls to the Rescue Novel (Meadowbrook). He has written in every genre: picture books (The Ghost with the Halloween Hiccups), to series books (The Creepy Creature Club; It's a Weird, Weird School), to nonfiction (Lights! Camera! Scream!), to novels (Elvis Is Back and He’s in the Sixth Grade). His most recent easy reader series, Goofball Malone, Ace Detective.

Lin Oliver | Executive Director           Click here for an interview with Lin Oliver
After nine years as Senior Vice President of Television and Home Video at MCA/Universal, Lin Oliver set up her production company, (Lin Oliver Productions), first at TriStar Pictures, and then established independent offices. Most of her projects are based on children’s books, including the animated feature of E.B. White’s The Trumpet of the Swan, and the Showtime Family Film, Finding Buck McHenry, based on Alfred Slote's book, which was nominated for an Emmy. Presently in development is a new children’s television series, Wayside School, based on the popular books by Louis Sachar. In addition to her work as a producer and writer for television and film, she is a NY Times Bestselling author of the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk? series, as well as the Hank Zipzer series with Henry Winkler.