First Words
Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
20 April 2000
Summary
Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, detective in John Updike’s hard-boiled mystery, written at fourteen. Before Jurassic Park, there was young Michael Crichton’s story about the mysteriously wounded man lying unattended in the street.Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded our most popular American authors to share their childhood …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781565122727 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1565122720 |
| Author: | Paul Mandelbaum |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2000 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
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About The Author
Paul Mandelbaum
Paul Mandelbaum grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. A freelance journalist and writer, he has taught magazine journalism at the University of Iowa and Drake University, was an editor at Baltimore magazine and Managing Editor for Story magazine. He has published fiction in numerous journals, including Prairie Schooner, DoubleTake, Black Warrior Review, and Poets and Writers. He lives in Culver City, California.
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