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Lisa, Bright and Dark - by John Neufeld (Paperback)

Lisa, Bright and Dark - by  John Neufeld (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This is an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by S.G. Phillips, Inc."--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Hailed as a work of art by the <b>New York Times</b>, this bestselling classic brings a deft touch and understanding spirit to the story of a teenage girl's descent into madness-and the three friends who are determined to walk with her where adults fear to tread.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>I always wanted to be a writer. I started writing early, and badly, sending off short stories to national magazines when I was ten or eleven. They were all returned.<p>But I kept at it. All through high school and college. Everything I sent out came back. Thanks but no thanks.<p>I moved to New York and worked in a publishing house. I kept writing. In fact, I was fired from my first job for spending more time on my own projects than on the publishing house's.<p>I wrote on.<p>In 1968, an editor from a small California publishing house and I hadlunch. She gave me an outline for a story she thought I could write well. I knew immediately I had to try.<p>But what I wanted to do was write a short book, full of emotion and detail and excitement, for readers of all ages. I didn't know that <b>Edgar Allan</b> would be regarded as a children's book.It was.<p>And when it was, everything fell into place. The minute <b>Edgar Allan</b> was launched successfully, I sat down to write Lisa, Bright And Dark. 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. I get ideas from everywhere: from the newspapers, from radio, from lunches and talks I have with friends.<p>Right now, if I never get another idea, I have more story lines to work on than my lifetime probably permits.<p>Both <b>Edgar Allan</b> and <b>Lisa, Bright And Dark</b>, were selected as among the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times. <b>Lisa, Bright And Dark</b> was filmed for television, and aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC-TV. Mr. 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.<p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>

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