Been There, Done That

Writing Stories from Real Life

Mike Winchell, Églantine Ceulemans

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Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
15 January 2017

Children's & young adult: general non-fiction; Educational: English language: reading & writing skills; Personal & social issues; Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's&YA)

Now in paperback, this diverse collection of short stories by award-winning and bestselling authors shows how writers turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction!

Award-winning and bestselling authors turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction!

Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen.

By: Mike Winchell
Illustrated by: Églantine Ceulemans
Imprint: Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780448486734
ISBN 10: 0448486733
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 January 2017
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Winchell is a veteran English teacher and a secondary education curriculum specialist. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and two children, where he writes middle grade fiction and edits middle grade and young adult anthologies. Eglantine Ceulemans was born in the flemish Belgium and lived there for 10 years. She then moved to France, where she currently resides in Lyon. In 2007, she joined the Emile Cohl School of Art there, transforming her passion for illustration into a vocation. She loves combining humor and sensitivity in a way that touches both children and their parentsin her illustrations. Eglantine has been published in France and abroad forbothfiction and illustrated books.