Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
hurt mean causes
I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.' What's that?' I...trust you.' Why?' You'll never hurt me.' Thank you.' But...' But, what?' I said, 'That means I'll hurt you.' Why?' 'Cause, like I said, you'll never hurt me back.
along certainly five knows minutes name older reasons twin york
I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily, for reasons no one knows - she certainly doesn't - who called me Avi. It stuck. It's the only name I use now.
mind
My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.
answers listen others satisfied watch
Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.
patience takes time took worked year
Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to write a book, not that I worked on it every day.
became five four writers
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer.
heart men world
The more men see of the world, the bigger their hearts
wish limits seers
There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see.
thinking soul mercy
All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.
reading writing heaven
For heaven's sake, don't write writing. Write reading!
writing voice might
Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.
book writing adventure
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
men eyelashes blind
There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.
adventure gone thick-and-thin
It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.