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I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life. I was able to express my own deepest feelings far more than I ever could when writing for adults.

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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

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I loved all the world's mythologies.

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King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.

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It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

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When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States.

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After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: January 30th, 1924

Died: May 17th, 2007

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