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Eleanor Glewwe was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland and Minnesota, with a brief interlude in Paris. She attended Swarthmore College, where she majored in Linguistics and Languages and worked in the music library. After graduating, she spent a year at an interfaith advocacy organization, working for social justice at the Minnesota legislature. She then spent six years in Los Angeles earning her Ph.D. in linguistics. In addition to being a writer, Eleanor is a musician and a folk dancer. She currently lives in Iowa, where she teaches linguistics at Grinnell College. Her debut novel SPARKERS, a middle grade fantasy, was published by Viking in 2014, and its companion WILDINGS came out in November 2016.

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Hey, I just finished reading SPARKERS (loved it, btw!), and I was curious-- why did you give most of the characters Jewish names?

Eleanor Glewwe I'm so glad you liked it! My choice to use Jewish/Hebrew names was a purely aesthetic one, but since I made that decision I've had some other thoughts…moreI'm so glad you liked it! My choice to use Jewish/Hebrew names was a purely aesthetic one, but since I made that decision I've had some other thoughts about it. I wrote about it a little bit in the blog posts below (there's a lot of other stuff in those posts too, so you have to wade a little bit!):

https://eleanorglewwe.com/2014/01/15/...
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Do you have any writing tips to share?

Eleanor Glewwe This is such a broad question! :) I guess I would say write what makes you happy, try to push through and finish pieces you're writing (you can always…moreThis is such a broad question! :) I guess I would say write what makes you happy, try to push through and finish pieces you're writing (you can always go back later and flesh it out or cut it down!), and recognize that everyone's writing process is individual, so what works for someone else might not work for you, and it's fine to do what works best for you.(less)

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At Grinnell, every incoming first-year student takes a course called Tutorial in the fall semester. Tutorial is meant to introduce students to college-level reading and writing, and their instructor is also their advisor until they declare a major. Faculty take turns teaching Tutorial, and each Tutorial has a unique topic chosen by the professor. This fall, I’m teaching my first Tutorial, and my c

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