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Writers are nosy people; we are endlessly curious: we ask questions when we shouldn't - we peek around corners when we are least expected.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Around Ask Corners Curious Endlessly Expected Least Peek People Questions Writers

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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Ability About Could Courage Dad Depression Endure Family Gave Got Grace Hard Hard Times History How Humor Listening Many Me Oral Selflessness Stories Survive Survived Those Through Times Too Transmitted Values

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'Hard Hit,' a YA collection of poems, explores the country of grief and survival. Mark, a 16-year-old boy and skilled pitcher, must confront the coming death of his beloved father with the help of his friends, family, baseball, and an idiosyncratic belief in God. I used my own experience of my parents' deaths to inform this journey.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Baseball Belief Beloved Boy Collection Coming Confront Country Death Deaths Experience Family Father Friends God Grief Hard Help His Hit Inform Journey Mark Must My Own Own Parents Pitcher Poems Skilled Survival Used Ya

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When I first began to have the initial idea for 'Heartsease,' I just wrote a skeleton story; that is, I started her off as this young, bright 16-year-old and then added the events that occurred and where she and other characters fitted in, even writing 3 different endings, as I was not sure where Mary's story would lead to.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Added Began Bright Characters Different Endings Even Events First Fitted Her Idea Initial Just Lead Mary Occurred Off Other She Skeleton Started Story Sure Then Where Would Writing Wrote Young

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One of my favorite activities when I was a teenager was going riding on the back of a horse with a friend of mine. Because we were rather high up, I could see into peoples' lighted windows as we trotted past. Questions would rise up inside: Who lives there? Are they happy? What are they doing? Any dogs or cats in sight?

~Ann Turner

Topics: Activities Any Back Because Cats Could Dogs Doing Favorite Friend Going Happy High Horse Inside Lighted Lives Mine Past People Questions Rather Riding Rise See Sight Teenager Up Were Who Windows Would

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Kids who want to become writers might want to start carrying a small notebook in their backpack. I encourage people to sit down in malls and listen, just listen, to how people talk.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Backpack Become Carrying Down Encourage How Just Kids Listen Malls Might Notebook People Sit Small Start Talk Want Who Writers

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I am as interested in seeing what happens to my characters as any reader; that is why I tell kids that writers write for the same reason readers read - to find out the end of the story.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Am Any Characters End Find Happens Interested Kids Out Read Reader Readers Reason Same Seeing Story Tell Why Write Writers I Am

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In 'The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow,' part of the 'Dear America' series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.

~Ann Turner

Topics: About America Away Bravery Chased Childhood Core Courageous Dear Girl Helped Her Identify Journey Me Part People Put Sarah Series Sorrow Stubbornness Survival Took Who Write

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I continue to wish that writing were easier, that it would flow out completely perfect with no need for revisions.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Continue Easier Flow Need Out Perfect Were Wish Would Writing

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Jean Plaidy was the greatest influence on me.

~Ann Turner

Topics: Greatest Influence Jean Me

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 10th, 1945

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