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We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.

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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.

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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.

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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.

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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.

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I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.

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I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

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My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!

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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 28th, 1932

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