

Neufeld's other books have as recently as this spring (2000) been cited as among the best of last year's Young Adult titles by the New York Public Library and YASLA. Lisa, Bright And Dark was filmed for television, and aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC-TV. "Right now, if I never get another idea, I have more story lines to work on than my lifetime probably permits."īoth Edgar Allan and Lisa, Bright And Dark, were selected as among the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times. I get ideas from everywhere: from the newspapers, from radio, from lunches and talks I have with friends. It, too, was a success so there was no turning back.Although I do write books for adults, the ideas that stimulate me always seem to come to me in the form of a story for young readers.

The minute Edgar Allan was launched successfully, I sat down to write Lisa, Bright And Dark. "And when it was, everything fell into place. I didn't know that Edgar Allan would be regarded as a children's book."It was. "But what I wanted to do was write a short book, full of emotion and detail and excitement, for readers of all ages. She gave me an outline for a story she thought I could write well. "In 1968, an editor from a small California publishing house and I hadlunch. In fact, I was fired from my first job for spending more time on my own projects than on the publishing house's.

Some days are light, and everything is normal during her dark days, she hides deep within herself, and nothing can reach her. "I moved to New York and worked in a publishing house. About this audiobook Lisa Shilling is 16, smart, attractive and she is losing her mind. I started writing early, and badly, sending off short stories to national magazines when I was ten or eleven.

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