Barbara+Park

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http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/author/author.html -Currently Barbara Parks is living in arizona with her husband and dog. (But her 2 sons are out of college!) -Her books are great and millions of people agree! She has won over 40 awards, and 25 of them were children choice awards! - She quotes " I veiw writing as a job, so my books are not inspired on inspiration. - She even says.... When she was a kid that she had NO idea what she wanted to with her life and ended up to be one of the best childrens authors! - Barbara Park har written 27 and a half books! That must be hard work!!! -She says the way she comes up is not from life experiances it if from a general story line and she adds on from that. - She has got a million and 1 calls from movie publishers wanting to see Junie B. Jones on the big screen, but she has resisted them and thinks the best place for junie to be is in a book. -She says I had to use proper english very much unlike Junie B. when I was a child Junie's age. -Some of her long stories like //Mick Harte Was Here// took two years but some of her Junie B. Jones took a couple monthes. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/author/author_qaarchive.html - She quotes: " Apparently i was an idiot in high school.... i got my ears peirced by the girl down the hall!"