With a knack for storytelling and love of reading, a young Ms. Creech learn to tell stories that wouldn't be forgotten in all of the commotion: 'I learned to exaggerate and embellish, because if you didn't, your story was drowned out by someone else's more exciting one.' Growing up in a big family in Cleveland, Ohio, helped Ms. Creech's first novel for children, Absolutely Normal Chaos, was based on her own 'rowdy and noisy' family. These stories are often centered around life, love, and relationships, especially family relationships. Her other works include the novels Love That Dog, Bloomability, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing the Ghost, and two picture books: A Fine, Fine School and Fishing in the Air. She is also the first American in history to be awarded the CILIP Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler. Known for writing with a classic voice and unique style, Sharon Creech is the best-selling author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons, and the Newbery Honor Book The Wanderer.

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