Janet Wong is the author
of 18 books for children and young adults, including two books on her
approach to writing, You Have to
Write and Before it Wriggles
Away. She has been the subject of a "Remembering Your Spirit"
segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and has been honored with the
Claremont Stone Center Recognition of Merit Award, the International
Reading Association's Celebrate Literacy Award, and her appointment to
two terms on the NCTE Commission on Literature. You can visit her
website at: www.janetwong.com.
Janet Wong (photo
credit
Anne Lindsay)