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June Weltman |
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 Workshop:
On the Brink: What's New in Mysteries for Children and Young Adults
Friday, August 7, 11:00 a.m.
June Weltman is the author of Mystery of the Missing Candlestick, a young adult mystery novel set in St. Augustine, Florida. The book received Mayhaven Publishing's First Place Award for Children's Fiction and was recognized by the Florida Historical Society in April 2004 with a special award. Ms. Weltman was a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, a foreign affairs writer for Congressional Quarterly, a writer and photographer on the Peace Corps staff and freelance writer and editor. She has written for the Jacksonville Business Journal, Mandarin News & St. Johns River Pilot, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Monthly and Jacksonville Magazine. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. She has won many writing awards. She has taught journalism classes at American University and public relations at the University of North Florida. Ms. Weltman speaks frequently about mysteries and writing at schools and conferences and has been a featured author at book festivals. For the past three years, she has taught adult education workshops on writing mysteries for children and teens through the University of North Florida and Duval County Community Education. Ms. Weltman is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Florida Writer's Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She has been a member of the steering committee of the Jacksonville SCBWI group since it was formed in 2004. She currently is working on a new Miranda Manning mystery. Visit June's website: http://www.JuneWeltman.com
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To register by phone,
please call UNF at (904) 620-4200.
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