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Born: February
28,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
- United
States
of
America.
Current
Home: Sebastopol,
California
- United
States
of
America.
What do
you do
when
it's
your
first
day back
at
school
and you
don't
have a
cool t-shirt
from an
extraordinary
summer
vacation
destination
to wear?
If
you're
Judy
Moody,
you make
your own!
After
learning
from her
dad that
she has
unknowingly
eaten
shark
over the
summer,
she
proceeds
to pull
out a
marker
and make
her own
shirt
complete
with a
clever
shark
drawing
and the
words,
“I Ate a
Shark”
emblazoned
on it!
Who
could
create
such a
precocious
and
lovable
character?
Megan
McDonald,
of
course!
McDonald
credits
her own
formative
years as
inspiration
for many
of her
stories.
As the
youngest
of five
daughters,
she says
that
many of
her Judy
Moody
scenarios
“grew
out of
anecdotes
about
growing
up with
them.”
Obviously,
this
practice
has
evolved
into an
incredible
formula
for
success!
Judy
Moody
earned
McDonald
the ALA
Notable
Book and
Publisher's
Weekly
Best
Book of
2000
awards.
After
that,
McDonald
could
have
easily
rested
on her
Judy
Moody
laurels,
but
instead
she has
launched
herself
into a
quirky
series
with
Judy
Moody
Gets
Famous!
Her
newest
book in
the
series
is Judy
Moody
Saves
the
World!,
in which
Judy
tries to
single-handedly
whip the
world
into
shape!
What
propels
McDonald
to write?
It's her
love and
passion
for
reading
coupled
with her
childhood
memories
and a
vivid
imagination
that
draw her
to the
transforming
power of
a story.
McDonald
says,
“What I
like
about
writing
is that
in all
things
there is
a story
— a leaf
falling,
a dream,
a child
on the
way to
school.
. . ."
McDonald
earned
her B.A.
in
Children's
Literature
from
Oberlin
College
and also
holds a
M.L.S.
from the
University
of
Pittsburgh.
She has
published
more
than 20
other
children's
books,
such as
The
Night
Iguana
Left
Home,
Beezy,
and
Funnybones.
Megan
feels
lucky to
be a
writer
and
explains,
“I spend
my days
thinking
like a
mouse or
pretending
I have
taste
buds on
my feet
like a
butterfly.
I look
at
things
sideways,
questioning,
always
wanting
to see
the
inside.”
We're
glad she
does —
it makes
us lucky,
too.
Visit
Megan
McDonalds
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