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Austin, Texas is a terrific place to be a writer. It has a strong writing community eager to mentor and encourage other writers. It is home to the Writers' League of Texas, hosts branches of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and Sisters in Crime, and is rich in many types of writing interest groups.

Even more important, there are lots of little coffee shops where you can scribble away at your story or talk about writing with like-minded buddies while you eat chocolate and guzzle multiple cups of caffeinated beverages.
 

Here are links to some writing organizations that call Austin home.

Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
www.austinscbwi.com

Heart of Texas Sisters in Crime (a group for mystery writers and fans)
www.hotsinc.org
Writers' League of Texas
www.writersleague.org
Check out some of these authors who call Central Texas home:
 
Dianna Aston
www.diannaaston.com
Loony Little
When You Were Born
Bless This Mouse
 
 
Lupe Ruiz-Flores
www.luperuiz-flores.com
Lupita's Papalote (a bilingual book)
Lila Guzman
www.talk.to/Lila
Lorenzo's Secret Mission
Lorenzo's Revolutionary Quest
Green Slime and Jam
 

Louis Sachar
www.louissachar.com
Holes
Marvin Redpost Series
Wayside School Series
 
 
Cynthia Leitich Smith
www.cynthialeitichsmith.com
Jingle Dancer
Indian Shoes
Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Period Pieces
In My Grandmother's House		 Read an interview with Julie on Cynthia's Cynsations  
Greg Leitich Smith
www.gregleitichsmith.com
Ninjas, Piranhas and Galileo