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I have a perfect life where I read; I go out into the wilderness and camp. I meet scientists and learn about their studies of wild animals, and then I come home... and start creating the world I have seen.

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Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behavior and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories.

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A falcon is the perfect hunter.

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By the time I got to kindergarten, I was surprised to find out I was the only kid with a turkey vulture.

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Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

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Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

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Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

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Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

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I have discovered I cannot dream up characters as incredible as the ones I meet in the wilderness.

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I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.'

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 2nd, 1919

Died: May 15th, 2012

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