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Sharon Creech
What is your connection to Ohio?
I was born in Cleveland,Ohio, and lived there until I was twenty-eight. I also graduated from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio.
What inspired you to become an author or illustrator?
I am not sure what inspired me to become an author--perhaps a love of reading and a family tradition of story telling.
What advice do you have for a young author or illustrator?
As for advice for a young author: read a lot and write a lot. Experiment with short pieces in all styles. Have fun with it.
What do you like to do for fun?
Aside from writing, I enjoy reading, hiking, kayaking, swimming and theater.
Some of your most popular books are:
- Walk two moons (1994)
- The Wanderer (2000)
- Chasing Redbird (1997)
- Love that dog (2001)
- A fine, fine school (2001)
- Bloomability (1998)
- Ruby Holler (2002)
- Pleasing the ghost (1996)
- Fishing in the air (2000)
- Absolutely normal chaos (1997)
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