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Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a SeriesOctober 9, 2007 I'm sure some of you suspect that the whole Hot Men of Children's Literature is just a great way to get some serious marketing done on the part of authors and publishers. Maybe so. Honestly, on this end of the spectrum my primary concern is the deliciousness of the candidates. But that doesn't mean that people won't send in nominations when they've worked on one book or another. Today, we introduce the very first "double-whammy of hotness". An editor at Lee & Low recently worked with these two up-and-coming HMOCLs and decided that they needed some attention hotness-wise.
So for the very first time we've the official Hot Men of Children's Literature: Double Whammy Edition #1 starring . . . G. Neri & Jesse Joshua Watson
 This is G. Neri...  ... and this is Jesse Joshua Watson  "G. Neri is an award-winning filmmaker and new media producer from Los Angeles, where he also taught animation and storytelling to inner-city youth. Now living in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and their daughter, Neri writes for teens and children. This is his debut book soon to be followed by his graphic novel, Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty." His website is gneri.com where he happens to get extra points for simultaneously Simpsonizing and South Parking himself at the same time. "Jesse Joshua Watson is a fine artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in galleries, on CD covers, and more recently in children's books. An avid traveler, Watson's artwork reflects the cultures and people he connects with along the way. Watson lives with his wife and their sons in Port Townsend, Washington. Chess battles with family members are a favorite pastime. His Web site is jessewatson.com." Greg has an upcoming book with Penguin called SURF MULES (Summer 09). And Jesse does the artwork for the HANK ZIPZER series by Lin Oliver and Henry Winkler (a.k.a. the Fonz). CHESS RUMBLE is Greg's first book and their first book together and will be out in November via Lee & Low Books. Posted by Elizabeth Bird on October 9, 2007 | Comments (6)
October 9, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series Judy commented: Ooooh, that 2K7 boy is looking GOOD!
October 9, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series carrie jones commented: They are not only HOT they are also super fine and really, really nice.
October 9, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series SHAWN SIPE commented: Hey....I followed the links and found out that Jesse's dad did the illustrations for one of my all-time favorite books, "The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake" by Nancy Willard. His name is Richard J. Watson and he's looks quite nice himself!!! And he and Jesse live in Port Townsend, WA, one of my favorite places.
October 10, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series Jay Asher commented: Hot? No comment (cuz I know them both and they'd tease me forever if I agreed with ya). But they're both extremely nice, funny, and talented guys.
October 11, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series Ms. Yingling commented: You forgot Anthony Horowitz. The interview with him on the Alex Rider: Stormbreaker made buying the somewhat cheesy movie worthwhile!
October 12, 2007
In response to: Hot Men of Children's Literature, Part 44 in a Series mariah watson commented: That's right, Jesse's fine fine fine and all mine mine mine.
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