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Claudia Mills is the author of Nixie Ness, Cooking Star, 7 x 9 = Trouble!, Zero Tolerance, Write This Down, and many other books for children. She was born in New York City in 1954. She received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, her master's degree from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. She also received an M.L.S. degree from the University of Maryland, with a concentration in children's literature. She had a second career as a professor of philosophy at the Colorado at Boulder, until leaving that career in 2014 to write full time. She now teaches in the graduate program in children's literature at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. All of her books have been written between 5 and 7 ...more

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Claudia Mills My strategy is to write for a short fixed amount of time every day. My goal is to write for an hour and to write one page during that time. My quota i…moreMy strategy is to write for a short fixed amount of time every day. My goal is to write for an hour and to write one page during that time. My quota is so minimal that I don't ever feel too daunted by it: it's only an hour, after all; it's only one piddly page! But it's amazing how a page a day, written in an hour a day, will add up over the course of a year, and a lifetime.(less)
Claudia Mills For me, it's the sheer writing itself. I love curling up with my favorite clipboard (which has no clip, as the clip fell off DECADES ago), and pad of …moreFor me, it's the sheer writing itself. I love curling up with my favorite clipboard (which has no clip, as the clip fell off DECADES ago), and pad of narrow-ruled white paper (I'm very fussy about how dark the lines are, and it HAS to be narrow-ruled), and beloved Pilot Razor Point fine-tipped black marker pen, plus a mug of Swiss Miss hot chocolate. And maybe, if one is available, a cat. And then just to write. That's the best part, right there.(less)
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The Writing Lesson I Learned the Hard Way

Despitea series of recent discouragements in my writing career, back in March Italked myself into starting a new chapter book, tentatively titled TheAngel Tree

ButI couldn’t get into the story. It was hard to get to know the characters. Theyfelt like mannequins manipulated by me rather than real, live kids driving theaction. My notes to myself (a representative few quoted verbatim here) wentl

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I knew next-to-nothing about the personal life of Moliere and nothing at all about his theatrical partner and lover Madeleine Bejart when I began reading this book but was instantly plunged into the fascinating world of theatre in 17th century France ...more
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I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk
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This story is one that will resonate with me for a long time: two teens doing a summer internship at a Rocky Mountain hotel reputed to be haunted, researching the work of the hotel's resident "medium," one hoping to debunk her, the other secretly hop ...more
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Freeman's AWAY is a tour de force of brilliant writing that gives voice to four very different adolescents joining together to uncover the sinister conspiracy behind the evacuation presented in her equally dazzling middle-grade novel ALONE. The mix o ...more
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The River Muse by Laura Resau
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Into an isolated, picturesque village in the south of France, complete with charming chateau and cottage, enticing patisserie and boulangerie, and secrets galore, come Callie Byrd and her exuberant daughter, Eva, fleeing from Callie's coldly manipula ...more
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The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan Yan
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Stan Yan's debut graphic novel offers up a fast-paced story that includes (among other things!) Chinese superstitions, mother-daughter dynamics, sister-brother dynamics, an adolescent crush, a great best friend, terror of rope-climbing in P.E., eerie ...more
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Unbreakable by Minoru Tonai
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The true story of the incarceration of Minoru Tonai and his family during World War II, imprisoned for years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor only because of their Japanese ancestry, is told here in exquisitely simple prose and expressive illustrati ...more
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Ghost Town in the Mountains by Lynn Becker
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This deliciously spooky, scary-but-not-too scary, rollicking read-aloud (and sing-aloud!) is perfect for young readers, or anyone who wants an irresistibly fun ghostly adventure. Set to the jolly tune of "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" (simple ...more
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Hedgehog Whodunit by Heather Preusser
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Heather Preusser's second title in her HEDGEHOG WHODUNIT chapter book series is every bit as fun as its predecessor. Hitch, a hedgehog who prefers napping over all other activities, and Vinnie, a rat who prefers eating over all other activities, team ...more
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Anyone Else Awake? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
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Early risers (I am one!) know how magical it is to hear birds calling out the first notes of song each morning even before the sky is becoming light. In this beautifully written and illustrated picture book, a child in her illuminated window and a br ...more
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“When you're in a family, it's not clear where one person's story begins and another person's story ends" -Autumn”
Claudia Mills, Write This Down

“To Beverly Reingold, again and always, and this time to Abby Sider, too”
Claudia Mills, You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman
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“It’s amazing how just one thing said by just one person in the middle of just one conversation on just one regular day can start a person wondering things she had never wondered before.”
Claudia Mills, The Lost Language

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