Here’s how I did it: with a lot of help. There might be only one name on the front cover of my books, but countless people help make them happen. Like Arnold Lobel, whose Ming Lo Moves the Mountain moved me to try my hand at writing for children. Or like my father-in-law, who so believed in my dream that he gave me an IBM Selectric typewriter. Self-correcting! Or like my husband, who, long ago, expressed his confidence by listing “writer” on the occupation line next to my name on our 1040 tax form. This essay would go on ...
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