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
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Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.
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I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many.
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I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
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I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.
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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.
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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.
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Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing, that it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get answers on your own. Understand why you believe things.
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The truth is I don't watch TV at all. It bores me.
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It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.
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In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
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Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music. My sister takes her ideas and fashions them into poems. My brother uses his ideas to help him understand science. I take my ideas and turn them into stories.
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Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up on the street before he could get on a bus. At least 10 people were wounded, two of them seriously.
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Inflows to international equity funds in 2005 exceeded those to U.S. equity funds. Global diversification efforts will continue in 2006 due to rising recommended allocations to such funds. Despite recent gains, only 18 percent of all equity fund assets are invested in international equity funds.