![]() ![]() You can’t possibly write 90-plus books and know everything about everything.” ![]() The best part of my job is that I get to learn something new. And I have to figure out how to make it fun and interesting. “Most of my books are assigned, so they tell me and I write that. Kids always want to know how Alicia gets her inspiration.Īlicia is well-traveled and has written many books on places she’s been or would like to go. Kooky topics like The World’s Strangest Foods and Vampires: The Truth Behind History’s Creepiest Bloodsuckers always inspire questions and comments. It’s no surprise that most kids are interested in her books about the strange and the creepy. “Definitely their passions took them where they wanted to go.” “Students were looking at professional athletes, musical artists, and there was a lot of variety even in a small classroom,” Alicia said. ![]() “When you’re a writer you think about your own process,” Alicia said, “But I had to actually explain how to find good information, how to dig through to get some nuggets of information, and to find what’s interesting to your readers.” She pointed out that when looking for sources on early American history, it’s a much different process than finding good information amidst a multitude of junk sources when researching contemporary figures. The class was asked to write biographies on a person of their choice. Alicia’s Kanye West biography was a big hit for the eighth grade special needs class at C.M.S.P. ![]()
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