Give children an inside view of the writing process  with these 34 popular and award-winning author  autobiographies, written especially for seven-to ten-year-olds. Engaging text and fascinating, full-color photographs invite children to see how their favorite authors turn ideas into books, and how they organize their writing days.

Students will learn what is involved in developing a story,
editing and revising, and how the authors became writers.

Meet the Author books are:

• excellent resources to engage your students in the writing process

• perfect for author studies

• authentic models of good writing

• inspiring to young writers

    These are the stages of the
    writing process:

• Forming intentions - The writer clarifies the purpose for writing, gathers information, and tests ideas. It involves thinking, talking, remembering, reflecting,
   searching for, and organizing information.

• Composing and drafting - the writer is getting thoughts and ideas down on paper, rereading, reorganizing, and revising.

• Correcting and publishing - the writer corrects, proofreads, checks spelling, grammar, punctuation, and neatness. The text is ready for others to read.

• Outcomes - The writer shares published work, gets responses from readers, and reflects on their own words.
   

Reviews:
www.wandsandworlds.com/blog1/
2006/03/author-visit-in-book

"If you give an author a pencil, he or she may just write an autobiographical series like this one!  The books feature popular and award-winning writers who share their lives and model the writing process."

              --Learning Magazine Spring

... instead of showing them the tiny picture of the author on the book  jacket, you can hand the kids one of these treasures and say 'Want to meet the author?'
          --Teaching K-8

Entertaining and informal, this series is the next best thing to meeting a live author.
           --The Bulletin of the Center
                  for Children's Books

These autobiographical accounts read like conversations with familiar friends. The authors' words draw readers into their lives, and the excellent full-color photographs of home, working environment, and family help children participate in their worlds.
            --School Library Journal

These are attractively formatted picture book autobiographies, liberally sprinkled with full-color photographs and ideally suited to those younger students who are curious about their favorite authors.
            --Horn Book