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Childrens Book Authors
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| This section features interviews with authors of children's books and tells us about their backgrounds and what motivated them to write for children. Often we read books, not knowing how the book came to be—or who the author is. Through our author interviews, we can learn about children’s book authors and get to know something about them! |
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Author Interviews
Getting to know an author helps us feel that the author of a book is a friend. The more we know about an author, the more we can appreciate a book.
Here are some interviews from childrens book authors:
- Character Education Books - Leah Swan, author of childrens books, shares how her family has influenced her writing of fun books for building character...
Famous people in history - Denice Barlow Brown - Writing historical fiction for kids is Denice's passion. In this interview, she gives us some insight into her new book, The Moonlight Message and tells us about her love for history and teaching children personal responsibility...
- David Murray - David Murray is a fantasy and science fiction writer with an interesting background, including a work history at Disney...
- Science Fiction Authors - Part 2 of the David Murray interview talks about David's books and gives advice to budding childrens book authors...
- Jocelyn Jackson - Jocelyn is the author of Ariel’s Adventures, the tale about her Maltese dog. This children’s book is written from Ariel’s perspective and takes children through a number of interesting adventures.
- Steve Barancik - Steve is a Hollywood screenwriter turned children's author. His discussion of how he uses his fiction stories to change behavior is fascinating...
How to Write Childrens Books
A number of people have asked my how to get into the childrens book writing field.
If you have the ability to see the world through children's eyes and put your thoughts clearly into words, you might make a good childrens books author!
Learning about authors helps us get to know them. And knowing something about an author helps us understand what they have written. If you would like to see an author spotlighted here, and you would like Linda to interview an author, let us know…
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