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Hi, Bronson,

Yes! Our 7th grade teacher assigned us to write what he called “a novelette.” When I complained at home that this was an unreasonable assignment, my Mom, who was a columnist for a local Montreal paper, convinced me that I could do it. She talked me through the process of planning a story and characters, and then urged me into writing the whole thing down. And I found out that I really COULD do it! I even liked it! She also sat down with me and we read the great Kurt Vonnegut’s THE SIRENS OF TITAN together. That was the finishing touch as far as making me a writer was concerned. I was 12 at the time — 40+ years ago. I’ve been writing ever since.                                                      —–Gordon Korman—–