When I was fortunate enough to sell my first novel, I learned it wouldn't make me famous either. Half a dozen unpublished novels later, I realized it wasn't easy. I figured it would be easy and make me famous. My mom loved the story, and I decided right then I would become a writer. At ten, I was bored out of my skull and wrote a short story for want of anything else to do. It was my lifeline as a child (and still is). The path that led me to publication was the public library.
Question Five: What was the path that led you to publication? I complete about 60 books a year, give or take. I'm not much of a TV watcher, so I read a lot. I average about 18 hours a week writing, but when I'm not writing I'm doing the real work - thinking! So that when I'm at the keyboard, my fingers fly fast and furiously. If it's summer break and the kids are home, it could be as few as five hours, if I'm lucky. If I'm on deadline and deep into a novel, I write up to 35 hours a week or more. It depends on what's happening in my life. Question Six: How much time do you spend each week writing? Reading? And I love that Gary Paulsen is writing short, funny books for kids now. Add to that list two more favorites I recently discovered: Gary D. Let me cheat and tell you my top three favorite authors: Jerry Spinelli, Christopher Paul Curtis and Louis Sachar. Question Seven: What are your top three favorite books? Visit her at And now Donna Gephart must face the 7 Questions: Donna has fun speaking at schools, book festivals and conferences.
Her first book, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! won the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Donna Gephart's new novel, How to Survive Middle School, garnered starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal.
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