Have you entered the Inklings Book Contest yet? We hope you did and if you haven’t had a chance to, join us!
We can’t wait to pass on encouragement from one of our author friends, Anne Ursu, as you pour so much into your stories and poems right now. Her latest book, a magical mystery, is called The Lost Girl.
Anne wants you to know:
“You can be an author. When I was growing up it’s what I wanted to do more than anything, and now I’m doing it. You’re doing the best thing you can now, which is to keep writing.”
She also shares, “When I was eleven, I told my mom that I wanted to write books like the ones I was reading someday…I did write adult books for a bit. Now I write for young readers, because they are the best.”
Never give up on your dreams, Inklings!
Thank you for sharing with us, Anne! You can visit Anne at her website www.anneursu.com
Anne Ursu is the author of several books for young readers and is the 2013 recipient of the McKnight Fellowship in Children’s Literature. Anne’s latest book, The Real Boy, is an Indie Next pick and on the 2013 longlist for the National Book Award. She is also the author of Breadcrumbs, which was acclaimed as one of the best books of 2011 by the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and the Chicago Public Library. It was also on the IndieBound Next List and was featured on NPR’s Backseat Book Club. Anne is also the author of the three books that comprise The Cronus Chronicles: The Shadow Thieves, The Siren Song, and The Immortal Fire.
Anne teaches at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and lives in Minneapolis with her son and three cats.
