Hamline Universityhttp://www.hamline.edu/newsroom/Gary Schmidt at The Children's Theatre Companyhttp://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294978397 The Children's Theatre Company presents an evening with MFAC Faculty Gary Schmidt, including stories and a preview of a wonderful new play, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Wednesday, February 8, 7 pm. Get your tickets now! The play runs March 13 - April 8.2012-01-23National Book Awardshttp://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294978399Gary Schmidt's Okay for Now nominated for a National Book Award2012-01-02Faculty Members Top Book Listshttp://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294968551Two faculty members in the low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program are being recognized for the high quality of their work. Gary Schmidt's new novel, Okay for Now, has been named a National Book Award finalist and leads the list of Amazon's Best Books of 2011 for middle-grade readers. Also on this top-ten list is faculty member Anne Ursu's novel, Breadcrumbs.2011-11-09YALSA 2012 Fiction Nominations include MFA and MFAC faculty and alumnihttp://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=2147517192The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) nominates MFAC faculty Ron Koertge and Gary Schmidt, MFA alum Geoff Herbach for best fiction.2011-09-26