![]() Together, they’d check out grocery sacks of library books. Their tales not only grounded Anderson in her own history, but subliminally implanted literary devices liked pacing, hooks, and dialogue.Īnderson’s interest in writing original stories began after she had children. When she was a kid, she used to sneak downstairs after bedtime to eavesdrop on the grown-ups telling stories. In spite of her lack of formal English training, Anderson possesses a well-developed sense of story. “This made the process of becoming an author A LOT harder!” she says. In college, Anderson avoided English and language arts classes because she hated the way teachers made her analyze books. I stuttered and needed a reading tutor.” As a teen, she remembers feeling confused and overwhelmed most of the time and withdrew into herself for protection. “I was an innocent child and wasn’t terribly bright. ![]() Laurie Halse Anderson says that no one who knew her as a child thought she would become a successful adult. ![]()
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