Betty Birney’s Blog

The best way to contact me is via the form above. If you need a response for a report, that’s the fastest way. If you want a snail mail reply, type in your address and please, your last name.

If you are a classroom and all the students write me letters, I won’t be able to answer them all, but I’m happy to write one letter to the whole class.

If you want to send a snail mail letter, please be aware that it might take awhile to get to me – sometimes six months or more. Make sure you send it to the right publisher (see below) – otherwise it gets delayed further. A self-addressed, stamped envelope is appreciated but hardly anyone every does this. Also, I often get letters where the name and/or address is illegible and I can’t send a reply.

(By the way, if you ever want to know where to mail a letter to an author, the publisher’s address is always inside the book.)

Fan mail for: Humphrey USA
Betty G. Birney
c/o Author Mail
Penguin Young Reader’s Group
345 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014

Fan mail for: The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Betty G. Birney
c/o Author Mail
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Fan mail for: The Princess and the Peabodys
Betty G. Birney
c/o Author Mail
HarperCollins Children’s Books
1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

In the UK for: Humphrey books, The Princess and the Peabodys
Betty G. Birney c/o Author Mail
Faber & Faber
Bloomsbury House
74-77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA