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Our Mentors

Joy McCullough
Joy McCullough is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Middle Grade
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Joy McCullough
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Joy McCullough is the mentor liaison for Pitchwars. She writes middle grade and YA. Her debut novel, BLOOD WATER PAINT will be published by Dutton in the spring of 2018.

Favorite Books
  • Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
  • Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
  • Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
  • A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Years Mentored
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018