Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life

Award-winning and bestselling authors turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction! Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen.

Product details

• Authors: Eglantine Ceulemans, Églantine Ceulemans, Mike Winchell
• Assisted by: Eglantine Ceulemans (Illustration), Églantine Ceulemans (Illustration)
• Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780448486734
• ISBN: 978-0-448-48673-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books