KID AUTHORS COLLECT THE STRANGEST THINGS!

     Note from Linda Joy Singleton

I collect girl series books like Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Trixie Belden and hundreds more. I have a home library filled with bookshelves, probably over 5,000 books. Since

I enjoy collecting I wondered what other authors collected and compiled a list of popular (mostly YA) authors. Some collections are connected to the author’s published books.

How many books have you read by these authors? I’ve read over 50! Can you top that?

1. Lisa Yee                               Winnie The Poo, Peeps, Toys, Books.

2. Pam Bachorz                        Sunfire Romance

3. Tessa Gratton                       Jewelry made from real bones.

4. Dougless Rees                       Rejections back to 1973

5. Annette Curtis Klause           Cats and hedgehogs. Also antique and vintage jewelry.

6. Carrie Ryan                          Badges from conferences and books.

7. Dotti Enderle                        Celebrity dolls and taps (from tap shoes)

8. Debbie Garfinkle                  Rubber chickens

9. Ellen Hopkins                       Huge Beatles collection. Books. Original posters. Art. Original 45s. Music collections. Movie memorabilia. Plates. And my husband's ton-o-teeshirts.

10. Sonya Sones                      Twirly skirts from the 1950’s. Vintage hats.

11. Mary Beth Miller                Animals, books and fabric.  

12. Cheryl Rainfield                  Superman, Wonder Woman, dragon and fairie stuff.

13. Lynn Hazen                        Beach glass, books & wooden spoons

14. Randy Mortensen               Hard Rock Cafe stuff. Also Navy ball caps from ships I've sailed on. Matchbooks, ticket stubs, bookmarks.

15. Marlene Perez                    Signed first editions (I have signed copies of the 1st 3 Harry Potter books) and I just started collecting Day of the Dead art/jewelry.

14. Gillian Chan                        Bears and miniature chairs to sit them on. Clothbound pictorial books like Tom Brown’s School Days.

15. Catherine Stine                   Pigs--china pigs, ceramic garden pigs, and hedgehogs.

16. Betsy Franco                      Old-fashioned toys that are smallish--miniature Slinky, music box, low-tech robot, marbles, pop-it beads.

17. Jeanne DuPrau                   Good books about dogs. Has Dog Years, by Mark Doty, Pack of Two, by Caroline Knapp, A Three Dog Life, by Abigail Thomas.

18. Sarah Darer Littman           Antique maps and Furby toys.

19. Jo Whittemore                    Hotel shampoos/soaps/lotions; some from Korea , England , France , San Francisco and Las Vegas . 

20. Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson     Dust, paper and pennies.

21. Debbie Jacobs                    Discover magazines going back to 1984. I also collect old Life magazines, especially ones of historic events. And my National Geographic collection goes back to the 70's.

22. Susan Taylor Brown           Figurine, green bottles, Blue and white china pieces,
Cobalt blue glass, Rosters, Antique tole painted trays, Carnival dogs, Staffordshire dogs, Bronze figurines, Books.

23. Alma Fullerton                    Ducks: stuffed, glass, plastic, rubber duckies. Also name tags from the conferences I've .

24. Kurtis Scaletta                    Cats.

25. Michael Reisman                Matchbooks from Paris , Dublin , London , Buenos Aires , New Orleans , etc.

26. Sarah Anne Sumpolec        Collected unicorns at a kid. Now collect all kinds of bags.

27. Rebecca York                    Rocks from around the world. Also cat books.

                                                Little decorative boxes.  Pillows. Carved, ceramic or glass

cats, other little animals and plush wolves.

28. Tony Varrato                      Comics: Batman specifically. And random Batman things

including unopened Batman peanut butter from 1988.

29. Liz Paterra                          Raggedy Ann and Andy books and dolls.

30. Lisa Harkrader                   Vintage Nancy Drews.

31. Heidi R. Kling                     Autographed YA books. First edition books.

32. Kerry Madden                   Tiny glass bottles, Emmett's comic books of Saturn Girl, Caroline's fairies, Gentle's fairy rocks, Jitters' Superstitions.

33. Dawn Metcalf                     Victorian hats. Wigs.

34. Toni Buzzeo                       Original art from her books.

35. Kathryn Lay                       Carousels, Blue Ridge china from the 30's and 40's, birdhouses, crowns, pumpkins, tiny little pitchers.

36. Jackson Pierce                   My Little Ponies and vintage Pyrex.

37. Maggie Stiefvater                CD’s.

38. Cynthia Leitich Smith          Book-themed Christmas ornaments

39. Janette Rallison                   Cats. 

40. Brent Hartinger                   Peanuts comics