Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
John Marsden, our author extraordinaire, was going to be a lawyer, but dropped out of school when he thought it seemed too boring.
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Marsden doesn't mess around when it comes to reading and writing. He can read three whole books in one day, and he wrote his first novel in only three weeks. Wonder if three is his lucky number…
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Marsden writes his own responses to fan letters, and never sends the same letter twice. He also keeps all the letters people send him (but don't call him a hoarder).
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