When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.
To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked it out. I once went home with 30 books! It was then that I realized that kids' novels had the shape of real books, and I began to get ideas for young adult novels and juvenile books.
When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.
I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.
I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.
I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.
Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40.
I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.
I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.