Stories of my life
By: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781101620656; 9780147509185
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Children's stories; Authorship; JUVENILE NONFICTION; People & Places; Asia; JUVENILE NONFICTION / General
Description: From her childhood in China to the moment she won her first National Book Award, literary icon Katherine Paterson shares the personal stories that inspired her children's books. Told with her trademark humor and heart, Paterson's tales reveal details about her life from her childhood with missionary parents, to living as a single woman in Japan, to raising four children in suburban Maryland with her minister husband. Read about the origins of such familiar characters as Leslie Burke and Janice Avery from Bridge to Terabithia, and go behind the scenes to the moments Katherine found out she won her many awards. Filled with personal photos and letters, this funny, heartwarming history from a legendary writer lets fans in on the making of literary classics.
Notes: Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014).

7 years and up.