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Cynthia Rylant

What is your connection to Ohio?

I lived in Kent for 12 years.

What inspired you to become an author or illustrator?

Beautiful children's books.

What advice do you have for a young author or illustrator?

Play a lot.

What do you like to do for fun?

Go to to movies, walk my dogs, eat brownies, rearrange my furniture, have tea in fancy teacups.

Some of your most popular books are:

  • Missing May (1992)
  • A Fine White Dust (1986)
  • The Relatives Came (1985)
  • When I was Young in the Mountains (1982)
  • Appalachia :the Voices of Sleeping Birds (1991)
  • Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps: the Ninth Book of Their Adventures (1991)
  • Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat : the Eighth Book of their Adventures (1990)
  • Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble (1987)
  • Night in the Country (1986)
  • The Great Gracie Chase : Stop That Dog! (2001)

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