General & Miscellaneous Interviews, British Authors - Interviews, U.S. & Canadian Authors - Interviews, Children's Writing
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Overview
Once children become involved in learning to write, they become fascinated by the process their own favorite authors go through when writing books for children. It's a natural curiosity, and one born of their own developing skills as writers and their awareness of how hard good writing can be. In this fascinating book the conversations of 23 writers-writers of picture books, adventure stories, fantasy, humor, fiction, and poetry-are transcribed. These authors talk openly about where they get their ideas and why they write, what methods they use and how they deal with frustration. The book includes photos of each writer and brief biographies as well as their own notes about themselves. The writers interviewed are: (Picture Books) Michael Foreman, Steven Kellogg, Arnold Lobel; (Humor) Beverly Cleary, Max Dann, Robin Klein, Sue Townsend, Thomas Rockwell; (Fantasy) Lloyd Alexander, Victor Kelleher, Madeleine L'Engle, Jane Yolen; (Realistic Fiction and Adventure Stories) Allen Baillie, Robert Cormier, Michael Dugan, Simon French, Lee Harding, Robert Leeson, Cynthia Voight; (Historical Fiction) Rosemary Sutcliff; (Poetry) Eve Merriam, Jack Prelutsky; (Non-Fiction) Seymour Simon.Book Details
Published
June 30, 1994
Publisher
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 1990, c1987.
Pages
149
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780435085124