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A bumpy start

Laurie Halse Anderson struggled with learning to read.

A first autobiography

The Innkeeper’s Apprentice (1979), Allen Say’s first and only long-form book, tells his own life story and inspired his picture book autobiography, Drawing from Memory (2011).

Scientists and poets

Dr. Sylvia Vardell explains why, even though it may not be an obvious connection, scientists and poets have a lot in common.

The WOW

Mary Amato explains the WOW, a process of making up a story.

Walter Dean Myers: A Writer's Story

Author Walter Dean Myers (Harlem) talks about a discovery he made in childhood: that books are a path to a world beyond our own neighborhoods.

Symptoms of dyslexia

Throughout his school years, Avi’s writing was often criticized by his teachers for being “sloppy” and “careless.”

About Joanna Cole

Bruce Degen explains what he admires most about Joanna Cole’s writing.

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