Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy

by Leonard S. Marcus

Other authorsDaniel Handler (Contributor), Louis Sachar (Contributor), Christopher Paul Curtis (Contributor), Anne Fine (Contributor), Dick King-Smith (Contributor), Judy Blume (Contributor), Norton Juster (Contributor), Carl Hiaasen (Contributor), Beverly Cleary (Contributor), Jon Scieszka (Contributor), Sharon Creech (Contributor)1 more, Hilary McKay (Contributor)
Hardcover, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

813.54099282

Publication

Candlewick Press (MA) (2009), Hardcover, 214 pages

Description

The thirteen interviews that compose this collection are full of insights from the authors of humorous books for young readers, including Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Christopher Paul Curtis, and others.

Language

Physical description

214 p.; 6.5 x 0.71 inches

ISBN

0763632546 / 9780763632540

Local notes

In thirteen interviews, well-loved writers of humorous books for children discuss an array of topics, from their sources of inspiration to the ways they began writing, from their revision processes to childhood anecdotes to the value they place on comedy in their work and lives.

Authors include Judy Blume (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret), Beverly Cleary (Beezus and Ramona), Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons), Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy), Anne Fine (Alias Madame Doubtfire), Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Carl Hiaasen (Hoot), Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth), Dick King-Smith (Babe), Hilary McKay (Casson Family and Conroy Sisters books), Louis Sachar (Holes), and Jon Scieszka (The Stinky Cheese Man).
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