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Susan Patron

Susan Patron specialized in Children's Services for 35 years at the Los Angeles Public Library before retiring in 2007, the same year her novel The Higher Power of Lucky was awarded the John Newbery Medal. As the library's Juvenile Materials... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. “Children are willing to deal with many dubious subjects that parents think they shouldn’t know about. Children are small courageous people who deal every day with a multitude of problems, just as adults do…What they yearn for most is a bit of truth...
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Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. creative, romantic, humanistic, literary, word-crazed, thankful, private, lucky
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. “Children are willing to deal with many dubious subjects that parents think they shouldn’t know about. Children are small courageous people who deal every day with a multitude of problems, just as adults do…What they yearn for most is a bit of truth somewhere.” --Maurice Sendak