![]() ![]() When I grew up I became a writer, a lawyer, a pilot, a gardener and a horseback rider (and a mom, too!) I live in Washington DC and in Vermont with my family and a pack of wild spaniels. My mom dropped me and my sister off at the library almost every week and I checked out as many books as I could carry. Konigsburg and The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. ![]() Some of my favorites were Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. ![]() What did I read? Everything from picture books like Go Dog, Go! and Jenny and The Cat Club to grown-up books like The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. Twelve-year-old Margie Jenkins, as sympathetic a criminal as any in childrens literature. I’d never even met someone who wrote books. Browns first novel, following her picture book debut, Soar, Elinor (2010), combines pathos and humor for an emotionally resonant story. Soar, Elinor by Tami Lewis Brown, 2010, Melanie Kroupa Books edition, in English - 1st ed. We had lots of dogs and cats, and a duck named Sweet Feed.Įveryone in my family was an airplane pilot and soon I learned to fly, too.ĭid I always know I wanted to be a writer? No way! When male pilots and newspapermen mocked her, Elinor decided to perform an aerial maneuver they thought was impossible: flying under all four bridges that span New York City's East River. My sister and I rode horses every single day. ![]() When I was a kid, we lived on a farm in Prospect, Kentucky. ![]()
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