"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
First, she married and started a family. The writing career didn't emerge until she was 28, a mother of two children, and living in a small place she called the barracks apartment, in Urbana, Illinois. She and her husband, Ed, had moved there in 1956 so he could attend graduate school at the University of Illinois. She was bored, had no friends, and so turned to writing to fill her time. Byars started writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post, Look,and other magazines. As her family grew and her children started to read, she began to write books for young people and, fortunately for her readers, discovered that there was more to being a writer than sitting in front of a typewriter.
"Making up stories and characters is so interesting that I'm never bored. Each book has been a different writing experience. It takes me about a year to write a book, but I spend another year thinking about it, polishing it, and making improvements. I always put something of myself into my books—something that happened to me. Once a wanderer came by my house and showed me how to brush my teeth with a cherry twig; that went in The House of Wings copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 491665-n
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780140388268
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.2. Seller Inventory # bk0140388265xvz189zvxnew
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0140388265
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0140388265
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0140388265
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 128 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0140388265
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0140388265
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0140388265
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 491665-n