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Beverly Donofrio

I am new to writing books for children, but I am not new to writing books. The big difference between the books I wrote before–for adults–and the books I am writing now–for children–is that the books I wrote for adults are memoirs and everything that happens in them really happened, while the books I am writing for kids are completely made up from my imagination. I had always wanted to make stories up for adults, too, but I never seemed to be able to do it. Every time I’d start a story, by the second paragraph I’d be putting things in... Read More