Cotter, Charis.

Born to write : the remarkable lives of six famous authors / Charis Cotter. - Toronto : Annick Press, c2008. - 167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Echoes of childhood -- The thin veil: Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) -- Sea and Islands: Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) -- The glory of everything: Elwyn Brooks White (1899-1985) -- The outcast: Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) -- Spinning stories: Philip Pullman (1946- ) -- The boy in the library: Christopher Paul Curtis (1953- ).

ISBN: 9781554511921 1554511925 9781554511914 (tr. pbk.) 1554511917 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors--Biography.
Children's literature--2010.

Dewey Class. No.: j809