Kids know when you’re pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they’re being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do. Lisa Graff Read Quote
The Longstockings are eight children’s and young adult writers. We all came out of the New School MFA program, and we meet regularly to critique each other’s work. Lisa Graff Read Quote
Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you’re going through – from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense – is an invaluable asset. Lisa Graff Read Quote
Kids are always told that they can be anything that they want. But what if you want to be a ballerina, and you’re terrible at ballet? Or what if you’re gifted at ballet, but you don’t like doing it? Lisa Graff Read Quote
I was the typical little sister who wanted to be just like her older brother. When I was growing up, my brother wrote phenomenal stories, so I wanted to write them, too. Lisa Graff Read Quote
I’ve been a children’s book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker. Lisa Graff Read Quote
I’d like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm. Lisa Graff Read Quote
My love of baking might have originated with my grandmother. She had a lemon tree growing in her backyard, and one of my favorite memories is of picking lemons together and then baking lemon bars. Lisa Graff Read Quote
I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python in my toilet. Lisa Graff Read Quote
