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Author Interviews October 12th, 2009 by Nathan
About Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis is the author of two marvelous books for middle graders: “Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree” and “Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love”. In addition to her brilliant writing career she also works for Scholastic as the editor for Storyworks magazine.
Today Books For Sale is proud to present an interview with Lauren Tarshis in which she talks about her early development as a writer, her writing process, and the challenges she faced in writing the Emma-Jean series. She also gives devoted readers a few sneak hints about her future writing plans.
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Author Interviews October 9th, 2009 by Nathan
About John Mellor
I was born and brought up in Liverpool, UK just after The War and went straight from school to sea as a young officer in the Royal Navy. After five years I resigned and worked as a professional yacht skipper for quite a few years before settling to full time writing. I have lived in and renovated a number of boats and houses in various places, and now share a delightful house and 10 acres of weeds near Nelson, New Zealand with wife, son, daughter and a motley collection of animals and boats. My grownup daughter still lives in the UK, although we are trying to persuade her to come here. Read the rest »
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Author Interviews August 31st, 2009 by Nathan
About Linda Weaver Clarke
Linda Weaver Clarke is the author of a series of historical fiction novels, one of which was chosen as a semi-finalist in the 2007 Reviewers Choice Awards.
Clarke is currently touring the United States as part of a program to teach people how to write autobiographies and histories of their family as a way of keeping family legacy alive. Read the rest »
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Author Interviews May 28th, 2009 by Nathan
About
Nancy Springer
“Conform, go crazy, or become an artist.” I have a rubber stamp declaring those words, and they pretty much delineate my life. Conforming was the thing to do when I was raised, in the fifties. Even my mother, who spent her days painting animal portraits at an easel in the corner of the kitchen, tried to conform via housecleaning, bridge parties, and a new outfit every spring. My father, who was born into a British-mannered Protestant family in southern Ireland, emigrated to America as a young man and idolized the “melting pot” because at last he fit in. Read the rest »
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Author Interviews May 21st, 2009 by Nathan
About Rebecca Stead
Rebecca Stead grew up in New York City, where she was lucky enough to attend the kind of elementary school where you could sit in a windowsill, or even under a table, and read, or draw, or write, and no one told you to come out and be serious (well, eventually someone did, but not right away). It was here that she began writing.
Rebecca lives in New York with her husband and their two sons. Her second novel, “When You Reach Me” was published by Wendy Lamb Books in July, 2009. Read the rest »
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