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I sat down and wrote what I remembered about being nine, and that eventually became 'Amelia's Notebook.'

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Long before 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', 'Dork Diaries', and the graphic novel explosion, only a small press like Tricycle was willing to take a risk on such an innovative format.

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Once I opened a book, I felt compelled to finish it. I was drawn into a world, and I had to know what would happen, how it would end.

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My memories of being nine or ten years old are especially vivid, since this is the time when you have a real sense of who you are - before the self-conscious preteen years start.

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More than conventional picture books, the notebook format allows me to leap from words to images, and this free-flowing back-and-forth inspires my best work. It reflects the way I think - sometimes visually, sometimes verbally - with the pictures not there just to illustrate the text but to replace it, to tell their own story.

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I loved playing with the mix of fantastical inventions and real ones. I hope kids will start logbooks to record their own creations.

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Notebooks allow for all kinds of record-keeping, and I kept one myself as a kid. I was attracted to mixing up words and pictures freely, since that's how I think.

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When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.

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Every kid has a story to tell!

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Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 29th, 1959

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