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Hi, |Jessica,

Thanks for posting.

I became an author strictly by accident in 7th grade. Our teacher asked for what he called “a novelette.” What he probably wanted wa a story a little longer than the average composition. I got carried away and quite accidentally wrote a school story about 2 friends that I called “BRUNO AND BOOTS.” When the class really liked it, I asked my Mom to type it for me, and we sent it to Sholastic, the children’s book publisher. They liked it too, and it became THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, my first book. That was over 40 years and 100+ books ago, and I’m still at it!

So that’s how it’s done. First: write a book. Who knows? It might turn out for you the same way it did for me! Good luck.

                                     Best regards,                                               —–Gordon Korman—–