Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
life people
A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.
teachers writer
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
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I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily, for reasons no one knows - she certainly doesn't - who called me Avi. It stuck. It's the only name I use now.
mind
My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.
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In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
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I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many.
books choose good kids readers test
I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.
good
In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.
bores truth
The truth is I don't watch TV at all. It bores me.
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They all testified to both the level of chaos, the failure of command leadership and lack of clarity of the rules.
horse movies quality ready scripts
The scripts that are ready will go first. It's kind of a horse race. We will make the movies by the quality of the script and which is ready to go first.
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Arguably there's no signal now. In my house it doesn't work. In my mom's house it doesn't work. In my in-laws house it doesn't work. So I don't think it's worth worrying about one way or the other.
past
We have done it in the past and can do so in the present.
chain command following people
There have been prosecutions going down the chain of the command but not going up. Its not enough to prosecute the people who were following orders.