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Hello!
If you're doing a report or an author study on me, thank you.
This page is a good place to start. Below you'll find
Joan Bauer Condensed -- short answers to questions most students
ask when they are doing reports.
This page is designed to help you get as much info as you can quickly
so that your report will be wonderful and your teacher will be happy.
Here’s what you’ll find if you click on:
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BIO
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My life in seven paragraphs.
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FAQ
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Additional questions with more detailed answers.
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ESSAYS
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An essay, Stories Connect Us, about my work and how I think about it.
My thoughts on Why I Read.
Want to go deeper? I have essays I've written on humor, words,
Stand Tall, September 11th, etc.
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LINKS
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For two excellent and detailed interviews, go to the
Authors 4 Teens website
and The Children's Books UK
website and look me up.
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BOOKS
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My short thoughts on each novel I've written.
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ALL ABOUT
HOPE
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Info on how Hope Was Here is being used in communities.
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I hope this helps. Get a good grade, okay?
Joan Bauer Condensed
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Born:
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July 12, 1951, Oak Park, Illinois
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Grew Up In:
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River Forest, Illinois
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My Family:
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Father was a salesman; mother was a high school English teacher and knock-out
jazz pianist; grandmother had been a professional storyteller and was the biggest
creative influence on my life; I am the oldest of three sisters. When my
mother remarried years ago, I got a superb new dad and a wonderful blended
family. Grand total: four sisters, two brothers, nine nephews, three nieces,
and I don't know how many dogs. I am married to a marvelous man and we have
one excellent grown daughter. My extended family (including the Bauers) has
spread across Illinois, Virginia, Alaska, New York, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Germany, Israel, and New Zealand.
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Education:
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Roosevelt Grammar School, River Forest, Illinois; River Forest Junior High;
Oak Park River Forest High School; Walther Lutheran High School; college
courses over the years; no degree
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School Stuff:
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Good at writing and drama. Bad at gym; took me a year to finish the apron I was
sewing in Home Ec
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Interests Then:
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Playing the flute, Girl Scouts, baking, listening to comedians; in high
school, loved Latin, drama, and playing the guitar-wrote my own songs
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Interests Now:
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Cooking, museums, jazz and classical music, theater, reading, exploring New
York, walking everywhere
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Real Life Heroes:
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Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter
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Pets Through the Ages:
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Tweety, my parakeet; Oscar, my turtle; Tiger, my cat, who I had to give away due
to allergies; Love, my best cat, who made me sneeze, but I didn't care;
Brennan, my hamster, who would despair at the sight of Love; my daughter's
gerbils, Lassie and Laurie, Laura and Ashley; Gambit, my dog, who I still
miss everyday.
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Wanted to Be:
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A writer, a comedienne, a comedy writer
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Began Writing Professionally:
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When I was 30-right before my daughter was born--magazine articles on parenting.
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Live Now In:
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Brooklyn, NY with my husband and (when she's home from grad school) daughter.
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Favorite Color:
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Green
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Favorite Book:
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Favorite Word:
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Grace
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Favorite Beast:
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Firefox (Want to see the firefox of Brooklyn?
My husband took this
picture)
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Favorite Food:
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Coconut cake with too much frosting
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My Novels:
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Eight in all. Squashed, Thwonk, Sticks, Rules of the Road, Backwater, Hope
Was Here, Stand Tall, and Best Foot Forward (See Books)
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Next Book:
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It's a secret.
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copyright 2005 Joan Bauer
http://www.joanbauer.com
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