Vivian vande velde biography examples

Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951) is an American writer of fiction for children and young adults.

Biography

Vivian Vande Velde was born in Rochester, New York, United States. She began writing at age 28, the year her daughter was born, and has been publishing relatively consistently since. She resides in Rochester. She is involved in multiple circles/groups of young writers in the Rochester area, along with authors such as Bruce Coville and Cynthia DeFelice.

Her novels and short story collections usually contain elements of horror, fantasy, and humor. Her book Never Trust a Dead Man (1999) received the 2000 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She has said that she enjoys writing for children. She does school talks for children, attends book conventions, and also gives

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Yes, Vivian Vande Velde is my real name.  

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To hear me pronounce it, you can go to the Author Name Pronunciation Guide at TeachingBooks.net by clicking here.

 

I became a writer because inom love stories--all kinds of stories, but especially fantasy. 

I can't remember a time before I wanted to be a writer. 

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My parents did a great job of convincing me I could do whatever I set my mind to.

I was born in 1951 and have lived almost my entire life in Rochester, New York.

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I married Jim Vande Velde.  (So, yes, Vivian Vande Velde is my real name.)  When our daughter Beth was born, I quit my job as a secretary. Since I was home all day, I had to either take housework more seriously or come up with a good excuse why inom couldn't. So this was the point where I had to stop saying "Someday I'm going to be a writer," and do something about it.

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The first book I wrote was A Hidden Magic.

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Writing turned out to be harder

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Vivian Vande Velde

Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2)

4.11 avg rating — 10,855 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions

Dragon's Bait

3.93 avg rating — 8,289 ratings — published 1992 — 22 editions

Companions of the Night

3.80 avg rating — 6,304 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions

The Rumpelstiltskin Problem

3.87 avg rating — 3,448 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions

Cloaked in Red

3.52 avg rating — 2,740 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions

The Book of Mordred

3.70 avg rating — 1,898 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions

Now You See It…

3.64 avg rating — 1,759 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions

23 Minutes

3.73 avg rating — 1,649 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions

A Hidden Magic
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3.76 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 1985 &mdash