Hi, I am Kristina Coia.

I am 16, an author, singer/songwriter and motivational speaker. I live in New Jersey and my two books are called FALCON'S PREY and LYMERIA. They are fun, easy reads for ages 9 and older and I'm told they are great for book reports. My favorite thing to do is to write music and sing. My song, THE WAY HOME, is actually a lullaby in FALCON'S PREY that I put to music.

When FALCON'S PREY was published, I was asked to go to schools to talk about writing. I found that my talks were putting kids to sleep, so I needed to think of another way to keep them awake! I decided to to take examples from my books where the main characters had to overcome challenges and compare them to what kids in middle school are going through today. I introduced what I call THE PURPLE WIG THEORY and to keep things entertaining, I even put on a purple wig during the program. I called my program SHINE THROUGH and SHINE THROUGH 4 GUYS TOO. I never imagined that SHINE THROUGH would become so popular and I now travel around the country to do them. I am really excited about a new program I put together for younger kids in grades 1 through 4. This program is called Mirror Mirror on the Wall. I love kids and this should be really fun because we will play-act a fairy tale to teach the kids the same values that are taught in my regular SHINE THROUGH program. I have cool props and costumes so the kids will get up and be part of the program. (There is even a dragon!)

Stay tuned for some of my new music coming soon as well as a SHINE THROUGH JOURNAL that should be a lot of fun!

Please visit my website at WWW.KRISTINACOIA.COM.

I am also a member of ASCAP (really cool), the Texas Writers' League and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).

Thanks for visiting my myspace!!