Lesa cline ransome biography of michael

Other than that, I work in my office and he works on the opposite side of the house in his studio. Typically after I complete a manuscript he begins illustrating, sometimes 1—2 years later, at which point I have forgotten most of what I have written. How do you choose your topics? Curiosity is the reason I choose most of my topics. Writing has been a wonderful way to learn more about fascinating historical events I never learned about in school—The Great Migration, pit schools, sharecropping, sundown towns, the Port Chicago Disaster, the Negro Leagues, Pullman Porters, The Chicago Defender newspaper—and so many other events that helped to shape American history.

Each of these events have taken center stage in my books and my world has been enriched in the process. What is your advice for aspiring writers? Julie Hedlund. Josephine Sorrell. Lesa Cline-Ransome Goodreads Author. Children's , Historical Fiction , Young Adult. View more on Lesa Cline-Ransome's website ». View all 10 posts ». Combine Editions.

Lesa Cline-Ransome Average rating: 4. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Lesa Cline-Ransome Goodreads Author ,. James E. Ransome Illustrator. John Parra Goodreads Author Contributor. Series by Lesa Cline-Ransome. She didn't pick up her interest in writing until she married her husband, James Ransome , who encouraged her to write books for children while he was working on illustrating his own first novel.

She lives with her husband and four children in Rhinebeck , New York. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

Lesa cline ransome biography of michael

Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. Through my mother I realized that reading could become a wonderful escape and writing even more so. Then I began creating my own stories. By the time I reached middle school, I decided that I wanted to be a real writer, a journalist. I wanted to sniff out stories, conduct interviews and write in-depth articles for a newspaper in New York City.