Creator Bio
Gail Carson Levine
b. 1947
Born in New York City, children’s writer Gail Carson Levine began her career as a welfare administrator. Her picture books and novels for young adults incorporate themes from myths and fairy tales, or, as with Dave at Night, describe experiences of her family. Ella Enchanted received the Newbery Honor Book award and became a feature film by Miramax.
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Dave at Night
I went back to my letter. “Every Sunday there’s a chess tournament.” I stopped writing.
It was crazy. Mr. Doom was supposed to take care of all of us. Mr. Meltzer was supposed to take care of the…