Debra Hudson asked Kat Michels:

Have you ever had any interest in writing children's books?

Kat Michels It had actually never occurred to me to write a children's book, until I had written my first children's book. I am an accidental children's book author. I wrote my first, Children Have Got to Be Carefully Taught, as a baby shower gift for my sister. But everybody that I showed it to, wanted a copy, so I published it. Then came 10 Cheeky Monkeys where I played around with vocabulary and rhyming and discovered an outlet for my poetic yet silly side. My upcoming children's book - Monsters in the Night, due out October 5, 2017 - I really used as an opportunity to play around with a much more complex rhyming scheme and poetic structure. Plus more vocab, because I'm a huge word nerd and want to share that passion with future generations.

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