Full name: Author: A True Story

Author: Helen Lester Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780618260102 0618260102

So begins the story of Helen Lester, author of Tacky the Penguin and many other popular books for children. By sharing her struggles as a child and later as a successful author, she demonstrates that hurdles are part of the process. She even gives writing tips, such as keeping a "fizzle box." Helen Lester uses her unique ability to laugh at her mistakes to create both a guide for young writers and an amusing personal story of the disappointments and triumphs of a writer's life. Similar books: Shimmering Images by Lisa Dale Norton Still Writing by Dani Shapiro Old Friend from Far Away by Natalie Goldberg On Writing by Stephen King The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr The Writing Life by Annie Dillard Inventing the Truth by William Zinsser Writing the Memoir by Judith Barrington