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Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.

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Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.

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I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.

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Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

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Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

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I became a children's author by accident.

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I've been writing since I was sixteen. At first, I wrote mostly short stories and poetry. The first thing I ever had published was a poem about a football game. It was printed in my local newspaper.

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My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books.

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I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that; otherwise, you end up preaching down. You need to listen not so much to the audience but to the story itself.

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I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 1st, 1941

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