Book Fair

The Upper School welcomes highly-acclaimed author Darcie Little Badger to this year’s Book Fair!  Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography, who is a fan of the weird, beautiful and haunting.  Her Locus Award-winning debut novel, Elatsoe, was a National Indie Bestseller and featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy novels of all time.  Her latest novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received a Newberry Award Honor.  Darcie’s short fiction, nonfiction and comics have appeared in multiple publications, include Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, and The Dark.

The Kinkaid Lower & Middle Schools are thrilled to host Victoria Jamieson for this year’s Book Fair.  Victoria is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, whose works have been selected for numerous awards, including the Newbery Honor, Texas Bluebonnet Award, National Book Award Finalist, and Amazon Best Children’s Book of the Year, just to name a few!

Laura is a 5th generation Houstonian.  Her daughters are graduates of Kinkaid - Ashley Moore Batistick - 2001 and Mallory Moore Fernandez - 2007. Her passion for food began as a child with her grandmother spending Sunday afternoons gardening and cooking.  Her food journey continued with her culinary training at L’Academie de Cuisine and Le Cordon Bleu.  Laura’s graduate degrees are in Nutrition and Education. She believes eating healthy and living a healthier lifestyle can be achieved by improving people’s understanding of food – how it’s grown, harvested, prepared and seasoned.

Laura is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Health Promotion Behavioral Science with a secondary appointment in Epidemiology at UTHealth School of Public Health – Houston (UTSPH).  She is the Director of the Nourish Program and Assistant Director of the UTHealth Science Center – Houston Dietetic Internship. She is a Registered Dietitian trained in Weight Management for Children and Adolescents with a focus in obesity prevention and treatment.

Laura and her husband Don Sanders (his children/grandchildren are graduates of Kinkaid - Bret Sanders - 1984, Susan Sanders - 1985, Brad Sanders - 1989, Sanders Keller – 2015, Chelsea Colmer - 2017) live in Houston with their three dogs and four cats.  They share a love of community engagement through animal rescue and educating future generation of students.

Author Mary Moreland is a lawyer and a single parent of two teenage sons. Currently raising her family and practicing law in Houston, Moreland has spent the bulk of her 25-year legal career working on transactions outside the United States, principally in Latin America.  In addition to her transactional work, Moreland has vast experience in ethics and compliance matters, having served as chief compliance officer for two publicly traded international companies.

The Gap Between marks Moreland’s debut as an author, and conveys a moving, deeply personal portrait of her family’s journey through the disease. Offering first-hand insights, the book reflects her commitment to supporting others caring for an Alzheimer’s patient.

Anna Nguyen is a seventh grader at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas. Anna has two younger sisters. She enjoys taking her two rabbits, Fluffy and Snowball, to nursing homes to volunteer. Her hobbies are piano, viola, golf and creative writing. Anna and her sister, Sophia, wrote two other books: The Adventures of Fluffy the Lionhead Rabbit and Fluffy’s Haunted Halloween. The Two Rabbits and the Great Texas Freeze is her third book about the two rabbits.

Sophia Nguyen is a sixth grader at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas. Sophia has an older sister, Anna, and a younger sister, Lucy. She enjoys playing piano, violin, golf and writing short stories. Sophia and her sister, Anna, wrote two other books: The Adventures of Fluffy the Lionhead Rabbit and Fluffy’s Haunted Halloween. The Two Rabbits and the Great Texas Freeze is her third book about the two rabbits.

We are thrilled to promote our very own Marcia Smart’s newly released cookbook at this year’s Book Fair!  In addition to being a dedicated Kinkaid parent, Marcia is a highly-acclaimed cooking instructor, recipe developer and food editor who has contributed to Cooking Light, Sunset, Parenting, Robb Report and others.  Owner of Smart in the Kitchen School, Marcia has taught countless home cooks (and Kinkaid parents) the art of planning and executing tasty and nutritious meals for hungry families.