Click to return to the current issue . Although children often read without thinking much about the author, once they realize that authors are real people, they want to know more about their lives and writing. A Writer's Life , which includes funny quotes from children's letters, is one of many books that answers kids' questions and describes how someone ends up as a children's writer. His humor lightens his life story, which describes his career as a professional magician, his service in World War II and his stints writing for newspapers. In his newly published Author Talk , children's literature expert Leonard Marcus takes many of the questions children have and poses them to fifteen children's writers.
Children can also look for Web sites about authors and illustrators.
Although children often read without thinking much about the author, once they realize that authors are real people, they want to know more about their lives and writing. A Writer's Life , which includes funny quotes from children's letters, is one of many books that answers kids' questions and describes how someone ends up as a children's writer. His humor lightens his life story, which describes his career as a professional magician, his service in World War II and his stints writing for newspapers. In his newly published Author Talk , children's literature expert Leonard Marcus takes many of the questions children have and poses them to fifteen children's writers. Upper elementary and middle school students will find some of their favorite authors in the collective biography.