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Sharon Draper
What is your connection to Ohio?
I was born in Cleveland, I now live in Cincinnati, and I have lived in Ohio my whole life.
What inspired you to become an author or illustrator?
My students, some of whom didn't like to read the assigned texts. I wanted to write something that young people could read that would be contemporary and exciting, yet have a solid literacy base for teachers to use.
What advice do you have for a young author or illustrator?
Read all you can, then write all you feel. Reading adds input and background. Writing is the output and the expression. Write all the time. Keep a notebook with you. When the thought comes, write it down.
What do you like to do for fun?
For fun, I write! Really!
Some of your most popular books are:
- Forged by fire (1997)
- Tears of a tiger (1994)
- Romiette and Julio (1999)
- Before the dawn (2001)
- Double Dutch (2002)
- Not quite burned out but crispy around the edges : inspiration, laughter, and encouragement for teachers (2001)
- Ziggy and the black dinosaurs : lost in the tunnel of time (1996)
- Teaching from the heart : reflections, encouragement, and inspiration (2000)
- Darkness before dawn (2001)
- Shadows of Caesar's Creek (1997)
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Sharon Draper
