Biography of lynne rae perkins summary

Did you always know you wanted to be a writer or an artist?

No, I didn’t.

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I have always liked to draw and I have always liked books, but I have always liked a lot of things: riding my bike, walking, listening to people talk, making things, food, music, jokes, being outside, being inside, adventures, figuring stuff out, daydreaming.

Besides, I grew up in a small working-class town and being a writer or an artist didn’t seem like a job a real person could have.

I didn’t know how to go about it. It took me a long time to figure it out. But here I am. (Actually, I’m still trying to figure it out.)

To tell the truth, I don’t often think of myself as a writer.

Perkins became a children's author almost by accident: by bumping up against a person and an opportunity.

Perkins has created six picture books and three novels, moving between age groups as well as juggling drawing and writing.

Biography.

Early days.

The story of a group of childhood friends facing the crossroads of life and how they should live it, seen mainly from the point of view of year-old Debbie.

An artist? Maybe a little more. I think of myself as an ornery person who likes to make things.

Which do you like better, writing or drawing?

I think what I like best are ideas. I don’t mean big complicated abstract ideas, though sometimes they might be.

I mean:

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