Eleven - Author

The book I have read is called "Eleven". The author of the book is Patrica Reilly Giff. The book has 164 pages.


About the Author:
The author of this very good book is Patrica Reilly Giff. Patrica Reilly Giff was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA; she was born in 1935. This author writes very good books for children. She also writes some good books for young adults. Before she became an author, she was a reading teacher for 20 years. Patrica Reilly Giff has always loved reading. When she was little, she would rather read than play with friends.    

Interesting Facts:

• She went to Marymount College.
• She has written 60 books for young readers.
• She is 79 years old.   

Here is a short biography on Patrica Reilly Giff!

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/patricia-reilly-giff-0 

Michelle Magorian

The book that I finished reading is called "Goodnight Mister Tom", by Michelle Magorian. The book has 304 pages. "Goodnight Mister Tom" is a historical children's novel set during World War II. 

Michelle Magorian is a much loved British Children's Author. She is an actress, author, dancer and poet. She was born 6th of November, 1947, in Portsmouth, England. She lived in Singapore, Australia from age seven to nine. Michelle Magorian was educated at Kilbreda college and the Covent of the Cross. When she was young, her dream was to become an actress. She studied at the "Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama" for three years and spent two years at "Marcel Marceau's L'école Internationale de Mime" in Paris. Michelle Magorian also performed in plays and musicals. Later on, she started a professional acting career. She toured England and Italy with her one-woman mime show. Aside from acting, she was also writing stories and poetry in her spare time. She is also a mother of two sons, one aged 16 and one aged 12. Her first novel was called "Goodnight Mister Tom". This was a huge success, the book won many awards, including "The Guardian Children's Fiction Award". The book sold 1.2 million copies in the UK alone. Her mother was a nurse in World War II. Some of the details for "Goodnight Mister Tom" came from her mother's tales about her time as a nurse. Other books by Michelle Magorian include "Back Home", "A Spoonful of Jam", "A Little Love Song" and many more. Michelle Magorian has written many books, however, she is best known for "Goodnight Mister Tom".            

Author of Pure ~ Jullianna Baggot

The author of the amazing and adventurous Pure is Jullianna Baggot. Jullianna Baggot is not only a writer but as well a novelist, essayist and a poet. According to Wikipedia Jullianna was born on the 30th of September, 1969. She is also an associate professor at the Florida State University creative writing program. Did you know that this extraordinary author published 18 books over the last 12 years!? The book that I just happen to be doing for the book project is one of her most recent novels, which is Pure, film rights have been acquired by Fox 2000. If we were to approximately give an estimation there would be about 50 foreign editions of her novels. Baggot was twenty-two when she published her first book, Girl Talk. She has published 3 books under the pen name Bridgit Asher-My husbands sweethearts, The pretend wife and The provence cure for broken hearts. Jullianna Baggot has published three sections of poetry (This country of Mothers, Compulsions of silkworm and bees, and Lizzie Borden in love) which have all been published in mayor literary publications which include; Poetry, The American Poetry review, and The best American poetry. Jullianna Baggot currently lives in Florida with her husband that is also a writer David G.W. scott and their four kids. 

Ruby Holler

The author of my book is Sharon Creech. She is a well known American author, who writes book for children. She was born on July 29 1947, in Ohio, USA. She has 4 siblings in total, One sister and three brothers. Some of her famous books are "Walk two moons", "Love that dog" and "Ruby Hollers". She usually writes book about the things that she used to do with her family and her experiences with different things. Some books that she wrote, were about her trips. Most of her books won a award. She was a high school english teacher in England and Switzerland. While she was teaching literature, she learned how make stories interesting, different techniques to write books and how to plot stories. She started to write books for adults. Her first two novel for adults was named "The Recital" and "Nickel Malley". They both were published in England. Her next book she wrote for young people was named "The Absolute Normal Chaos". The next book that she wrote for young people was named "Walk Two Moons", her first award wining book. "Walk Two Moons" won the Newbery Award. Soon she married to Lyle Rigg, and they live in Maine, USA. Sharon Creech has two children Rob and Karin.

Picture of Sharon Creech 

Author- Island of the Blue Dolphins

Hi everyone, its me again and today we are going to be talking about the author of Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell. I will tell you some interesting facts about him and such. Shall we begin!

SCOOT O'DELL was perhaps one of the most popular writers for young people ever! He was a Newbery Award Medal Winner, a three time Newbery Honour Book winner, a two time winner of German Jugendbuchpreis, winner of deGrummond and Regina medals. That is the highest international recognition for children book authors. He has written Island of the Blue Dolphins, Zia, and Sing Down the Rolling in the Mountains. 

Those are just essential some basic things about Scoot O'Dell. That a is why I will now tell you some interesting/fascinating things about Scott O'Dell. Here it goes.

He died at 90 years old in 1989

1. He was born, and was given a name Odell Gabriel Scoot but while he was working in the Los Angeles Daily News(newspaper), and editor mistakenly wrote Scoot O'Dell as his byline instead of his actual name. That name stayed and Scoot O'Dell legally changed it afterwards.

2. Before becoming an author he was working in Hollywood as a cameraman and technical director. Amazing, right?

3. Scoot O'Dell attended many colleges including Stanford University, Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Rome La Sapienza

Fascinating, right? I was really amazed when I found this out, and I think you too were amazed. Who would have thought that after being a cameraman he would become one of the most well-loved authors for young people!

J.R.R Tolkien-Author of the Lord of the Rings

When he was old

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a major scholar of the English language, specializing in old and middle English. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford, before writing  a number of fantastic stories. In the 1960's he was taken up by many members of the nascent(counter-culture) largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997, he came on top of three British polls, organised by Channel 4/Waterstone's, the Folio Society and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine among knowledgeable readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century. 

Three interesting facts

-He came on top in three British polls in English Literature

-He taught at the University of Oxford

-He has events named after him such as Tolkien Day

Here is a photo when he was young

Downriver About The Author

Downriver
Will Hobbs
235 Pages

• His family was a Air Force Family.
• He lived in Pennsylvania, Panama, Virginia, Alaska, northern California, southern California, and Texas with his Family. 
• About half of his ideas come from real life experiences. 
• He goes rafting in the Grand Canyon that is why he got the idea for this book that I am reading.
• He got the ideas for his characters from some of his students.
• He has two brothers and a sister.

Over all I think that is what you need to know about Will Hobbs!