Gabrielle Balkan

children's book author: The 50 States, Book of Bones + hoping to write about Indy 500 + sanitation + working hard on wiki game (she/her) #kidlit #authorvisit

[Kelly Yang @kellyyanghk]

Hey @Scholastic we need to talk…

I need you to be brave.

Love,
Kelly Yang

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@jamarperry heard a story: author signing @ costco; some misunderstanding + poor sign placement + ppl thought they were to meet a swimsuit model + then got mad that author was fully clothed. No one came for her work. I once had a bookstore staff try and grab ppl off the street to hear me.

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@BLeighHoward @MoniqueAJoseph Getting major inspiration from mama @MoniqueAJoseph for that "How many trees did you save today." Keeping that at top of mind. <3

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@lstark25 @PaulKishEdu So funny to hear all the chatter on your end...after experiencing the muted silence on my end! Loved connecting with your readers!

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@rlfreedm @ellyswartz @baronchrisbaron @JZulFerr "All of the authors are amazing writers and have inspired me to do so. I’m really grateful that my teacher asked authors to read to almost everyone in the school. If it wasn’t for my teacher, we wouldn’t have World Read Aloud Day." Nice work, teach!

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@rlfreedm @ellyswartz @baronchrisbaron @JZulFerr WAIT A SECOND! No one told me to show up in MY jammies!

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@phaidonpress Just got a new pen to sign all those pre-orders! You can definitely make out my "G" but after that, the letters are questionable.

[ACHUKA @achuka]

This week's #bookoftheday choices:
@sambrewster @GabrielleBalkan #rutasepetys @AuthorYanish @PHoracek @dc_litchfield #gregorymaguire

https://t.co/cQfbEZeKS2

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

Calculators and rulers, people! Writers use them, too!

[Indiana Humanities @INHumanities]

Summer may be coming to a close, but that just means it's time to flip through the pages of @IndyMonthly's fall arts guide! Check out The Ticket to learn which tools and techniques some of this year's @INAuthorsAwards winning and shortlisted writers use in their creative process.

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@ByEmilyStMartin @NellFrizzell @DrEickle Stay. Away. From. My. Socks. (Unless you are my daughter and then !so cute!)

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@AllOfItWNYC @sonamov @Kates66 @NewarkMuseumArt @julianzelizer @MillmanEthan @WNYC First job as an exec asst for Etta Froio at WWD. Class act. Would give me coins to buy a stamp in the office mailroom if she ever had a personal letter to mail from work. I was from the midwest + working for Etta was the 1st time I had ever heard of an Egg white omelette.

[Indiana Authors Awards @INAuthorsAwards]

#ICYMI One lucky person will have the chance to win a set of all eight winning 2022 Indiana Authors Awards books! Visit our Instagram page to learn how to enter the giveaway. https://t.co/pWnCBh3oTb

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@INAuthorsAwards @Candlewick love this book.

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@INAuthorsAwards @MacmillanUSA My daughter once dressed up as Clifford the Big Red Box for Halloween. It was genuine love for the box that made her do it. And of course her love of her Indiana roots! Luv that Hoosier Norman Bridwell!

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@ChadSPriest @IPSSchools ShortlistWHAT?!!!!! <3

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@PaulAllor @INAuthorsAwards @phaidonpress Big heart to you! I have so much fun with the @INAuthorsAwards people and all their cronies! Thanks to their incredible speaker program, I've met so many awesome kids and educators all over the state. Thrilling to learn what authors have roots in IN!

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@Evan_Griffith listening now!

[Oblong Books @OblongBooks]

Tomorrow! Sunday, July 10 @ 10:30am: We're continuing our 'Signings at the Market' season w/ @GabrielleBalkan at the @rhinebeckmkt!

Gabrielle will sign copies of her new book, BOOK OF DINOSAURS, perfect for ages 4-8!

Learn more & buy books here: https://t.co/Sr8zKgErWp

[Oblong Books @OblongBooks]

Next Week! Sunday, July 10 @ 10:30am: We're continuing our 'Signings at the Market' season w/ @GabrielleBalkan at the @rhinebeckmkt!

Gabrielle will sign copies of her new book, BOOK OF DINOSAURS, perfect for ages 4-8!

Learn more & buy books here: https://t.co/Sr8zKgW3kZ

[Gabrielle Balkan @GabrielleBalkan]

@BookSuperhero2 @phaidonpress @sambrewster @helenscales I love saying "What a shell can tell" over and over again...has the rhythmic start of a poem or mantra or something!