When was avi the author born

There, he studied with a tutor, Ella Ratner, whom he credits for his writing success. He struggled in school due to suffering from dysgraphia, a writing disorder.

Avi has written more than 75 books. He has written books for different age groups and in many different genres including historical fiction, fantasies, graphic novels, comedies, mysteries, ghost stories, adventure tales, realistic fiction, and picture books. The third part of the series, Crispin: The End of Time was published in Since writing was important to my family, friends, and school, it was important to me.

I wanted to prove that I could write. But it took years before I had a book published. I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. I made up my mind to do that when I was a high school senior.

I began as a playwright. Only when I had kids of my own did I start to write for young people. But then it's hard for everyone to write well.

I have to re-write over and over again so that on average it takes me a year to write a book. If you do anything all the time it's nice to get away from it now and again. My hobby is photography. Everybody has ideas. The vital question is what do you do with them? Avi was determined at an early age to be a writer and he first tried to be a playwright and began writing for young people after his son Shaun was born.

Avi's first book, "Things That Sometimes Happen," was published in , and to date, he has published 75 books. For many years he worked full-time as a librarian. Avi is an extremely prolific and well-rounded writer. He has written books for different age groups and in many different genres including early reader, picture books young adult books, fantasy, realism, animal stories, historical fiction, graphic novels, and mysteries. He's also been very productive in securing awards for young people's literature.

Avi is a shining example that with perseverance and passion, you can accomplish anything. Avi became a renowned writer despite his disability and never let his scholastic challenges stop him. For this reason, Avi enjoys visiting schools and bringing along his copyedited manuscripts so that students with learning disabilities can see that he, too, gets things wrong. If you find this writer's story inspirational and want to learn more about him, Avi's website is the best source of information on him.

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