Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutskyis an American writer of children's poetry. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Carolynn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 September 1940
CountryUnited States of America
ideas two drawing
After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.
queens halloween night
She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.
eight
I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
writing challenges done
I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
alter awful excited gets goes incredibly life ogre until
I'm incredibly excited about Awful Ogre. The ogre is my alter ego. It's a day in the life of an ogre, from when he gets up until he goes to bed.