Sweet Music in Harlem
by Debbie A. Taylor
Quick Facts Favorite Foods: oatmeal corn collard greens onions coconut cream pie Favorite Colors: I like most colors! Family: I have a great husband, two brilliant, grown-up daughters, four terrific sisters and two cool brothers, fine grandchildren,great-nieces and great-nephews! Pets: None Sports: Flying kites (Does that count?)  |
Biography The author in the computer room. DEBBIE A. TAYLOR is a picture book author. She attended Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University and Ohio Dominican College. She works at the University of Michigan and has had several stories published in children's literary magazines including Spider, Pockets and New Moon. Taylor and her husband live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Questions and Answers: What are your hobbies? I like to read and visit museums and botanical gardens. Do you play an instrument? No, but my oldest daughter plays the clarinet and my youngest daughter plays the violin. What were your favorite books as a child? My favorite books included Green Eggs and Ham, Go Dog,Go!, Understood Betsy, Huckleberry Finn and Across Five Aprils. I also read comic books! My new favorites include Snowflake Bentley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Raising Dragons and Meet Danitra Brown. What are you working on now? I am always working on a new project. I am revising a book about Idlewild, Michigan, a vacation spot that was popular 50 years ago. I also just finished writing a basketball story. Do you play basketball? No, but my mother played basketball for her high school team, the East High Tigers; my stepfather played for the Harlem Globetrotters for a while and my daughter played in a "Gus Macker" basketball tournament. |
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