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Paula Danziger, American children's author, wrote more than 30 books, notably the popular Amber Brown series, that presented serious issues with humour and.
Paula Danziger was an American children's author.

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ABOUT PAULA DANZIGER

Paula Danziger (August 18, 1944 – July 8, 2004)

Paula Danziger always knew she wanted to be an author. She confided that her backup plan, was to be a stand up comedian. Those who knew Paula, knew how funny she was. But, they also knew Paula wasn’t all fun and games.

Paula’s unhappy childhood paved the way for the themes in her books. She hated her father, felt unsupported, and needed help as a child. For kids in the 1950s, those resources didn’t exist.

She wrote for suffering young adults, so they could find solace in literature. This was the basis for all of her books. Before Paula, there were very few outlets for dysfunctional families, children who despised their parents, children going through divorce, losing your best friend in the world, and much more.

John Ciardi was a mentor and friend to Paula. He had a method of how all pages should be highlighted in red and blue – one for funny and one for sad. By the end, each page should be purple. This was the dichotomy Paula had become. This is how I can still see Paula alive in me.

Paula succeeded in im

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Paula Danziger

Born

in Washington, D.C., The United States

August 18, 1944

Died

July 08, 2004

Website

https://pauladanziger.com/

Genre

Children's Books

Influences

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Paula Danziger was an American children's author. She wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, for children's and young adult audiences. At the time of her death, all her books were still in print; they had been published in 53 countries and translated into 14 languages.Paula Danziger was an American children's author. She wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, for children's and young adult audiences. At the time of her death, all her books were still in print; they had been published in 53 countries and translated into 14 languages....more

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Children's Author/Illustrator Biographies

Danziger, Paula
August 18, 1944 - July 8, 2004
Author

1999 Ludington Award Winner

SOURCE CITATION
"Paula Danziger." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007.
Photograph provided by Penguin Young Readers Group.

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Since the 1974 publication of her first novel The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Paula Danziger has become one of America's most popular authors for young adults. Most of her books "center around young teenage girls faced with the problems of establishing a grownup identity," Alleen Pace Nilsen observed in Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. But while Danziger's characters frequently deal with personal and family problems, they do so with humor, wit, and spirit. As a result, Nilsen wrote, "teenagers begin to smile at themselves and come away from (Danziger's) books a little more confident that they too will make it."

"My life as an author began as a small child when I reali