Friday, March 27, 2009

The Author: Megan McDonald


Megan McDonald was born on February 28, 1959 (age 50), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jhon and Mary Louise McDonald, The youngest of five girls.
She was awarded a B.A. 1981, and an M.L.S. in 1745.

Megan McDonald is married and lives in Sebastopol, California.

Because of her inability to express herself amidst her older siblings, McDonald's mother gave her a notebook to write her thoughts down in. This experience, along with the author's vivid imagination as a child, became the foundation for the young girl's later career as a children's author.
McDonald began her career as a children's librarian.

McDonald wrote The Judy Moody series follows the humorous adventures of a third-grader, Judy Moody. A spin-off series follows her younger brother, nicknamed Stink. McDonald wrote also few Picture books, Early readers books and noveles.



The genre of her The Judy Moody series is usually realistic fiction.
The audience of those books is usually young girls 9-13 years old.










































































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