“After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with an English degree, Sharon Flake could have concentrated on fiction for adults, poetry, or any other style of writing. Instead, the Stanton Heights resident became a children’s writer, penning young adult titles including The Skin I’m In, Bang and Begging for Change.
‘I don’t know if I picked it or if it picked me,’ Flake says of the genre. ‘In college, I would write from a young adult perspective, perhaps because I’m eternally a teen/tween person at heart.’
Flake is one of many Pittsburgh-area writers who embrace the challenge of writing for kids…”
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"It’s not about making the books good enough for grown-ups. It’s about making them good enough for kids, who are a much tougher audience…"
Awesome feature on some local kid lit authors by in KidsburghPgh!
Posted by Littsburgh on Monday, April 20, 2020