Born on this day – Norma Shearer:

Norma Shearer

Actress

August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983

Born on this day – Enid Blyton:

Enid Blyton

Writer

August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968

Credits:

Books:

A Very Special Birthday (2010); Adventure of the Wishing Chair (1937); Adventure Stories (1960); Amelia Jane Again (1946); At Appletree Farm (1944); Before I Go to Sleep (1947); Benjy and the Others (1955); Bible Stories from the New Testament (1955); Bible Stories from the Old Testament (1955); Brer Bear's Red Carrots (1987); Brer Rabbit Again (1963); Brer Rabbit and His Friends (1948); Brer Rabbit Book (1948); Brer Rabbit's a Rascal (1965); Child Whispers (poems) (1922); Chimney Corner Stories (1963); Christmas Treats (2017); Circus Days Again (1942); Claudine At St. Clare's (1947); Come Along Twins (1952); Come to the Circus (1948); Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Dog stories (1960); Don't Be Silly, Mr. Twiddle! (1973); Down At the Farm (1952); Eight O'Clock Tales (2017); Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999); Enid Blyton's Christmas Story (1953); Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales (2016); Enid Blyton's Eighth Bedside Book (1956); Enid Blyton's Happy Hours Story Book (1964); Enid Blyton's More Chimney Corner Stories (1955); Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons (1929); Enid Blyton's Omnibus! (1952); Enid Blyton's Santa's Workshop (1991); Enid Blyton's Treasury (1947); Fifth Formers at St Clare's (1945); First Term at Malory Towers (1946); Five Are Together Again (1963); Five Fall Into Adventure (1950); Five Get Into a Fix (1958); Five Get Into Trouble / aka Five Caught in a Treacherous Plot (1949); Five Go Adventuring Again (1942); Five Go Down to the Sea (1953); Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946); Five Go Off to Camp / aka Five on the Track of a Spook Train (1948); Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957); Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961); Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954); Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962); Five Have a Puzzling Time (1995); Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952); Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955); Five O'Clock Tales (2017); Five On a Hike Together (1951); Five On a Secret Trail (1956); Five On a Treasure Island (1942); Five On Finniston Farm (1960); Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947); Five Run Away Together / aka Five Run Away to Danger (1944); Five-Minute Summer Stories (2024); Four in a Family (1956); Fun for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Old Horse (1963); Giantland (2009); Go Ahead Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven Get Their Man (1953); Gobbo (2008); Good Old Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Old Fort Adventure (1960); Good Old Timmy and Other Stories (2017); Good Work Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Stolen Car (1954); Hallo, Little Mary Mouse (1945); Hedgerow Tales (1986); Hello Mr. Twiddle (1968); Hello Twins (1951); Here Come the Twins (1953); Here Comes Mary Mouse Again (1947); Heyo, Brer Rabbit! (1938); Hide and Seek Fun (2009); Holiday House (1955); Hollow Tree House (1945); Hurrah for the Circus! (1939); I'll Tell You Another Story (1943); In the Fifth at Malory Towers (1950); Last Term at Malory Towers (1951); Let's Garden (1948); Let's Go to the Circus (1951); Look Out Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Missing Medals (1962); Martha Monkey (2008); Mary Mouse and Her Family (1946); Mischief Again! (1955); More About Amelia Jane! (1974); More Adventures of Mary Mouse (1943); More Adventures on Willow Farm (1942); Mr Plod (2008); Mr. Galliano's Circus (1938); Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party (1971); My Third Enid Blyton Book (1955); Mystery Stories (1960); Naughty Amelia Jane (1946); Noddy and His Car (1951); Noddy and His Friends (1993); Noddy and the Bunkey (1959); Noddy and the Pirates (2009); Noddy and the Tootles (1962); Noddy at the Seaside (2010); Noddy Goes to School (1990); Noddy Goes to Toyland (2010); Noddy Goes Vroom! (2009); Noddy Has an Adventure (1958); Noddy in the Land of Spells and Top Speed the Golly (1970); Noddy Meets Father Christmas (2009); Peter and the Magic Shadow (2004); Puzzle for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Music Lover (1958); Rubbalong Tales (1949); Secret Seven Adventure / aka The Secret Seven and the Circus Adventure (1950); Secret Seven Fireworks / aka The Secret Seven and the Bonfire Adventure (1959); Secret Seven Mystery / aka The Secret Seven and the Missing Girl Mystery (1957); Secret Seven On the Trail / aka The Secret Seven and the Railroad Mystery (1952); Secret Seven Win Through / aka The Secret Seven and the Hidden Cave Adventure (1955); Seven O'Clock Tales (2017); Shadow and Johnny (1987); Shadow in Trouble (1987); Shadow Learns a Lesson (1987); Shadow the Sheep Dog (1942); Shadow to the Rescue (1987); Shock for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Dog Lover (1961); Six Cousins Again (1950); Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (1948); Six O'Clock Tales (2017); Smuggler Ben (1943); Snowball the Pony (1953); Spellworld (2009); Springtime Stories (2018); Stories of Magic and Mischief (2018); Stories of Wizards and Witches (2017); Stories of Wonders and Wishes (2022); Story Book of Jesus (1956); Summer Holiday Stories (2017); Summer Term at St Clare's (1943); Summertime Stories (2018); Sunny Stories (2018); Tales of Betsy-May (1940); Tales of Brer Rabbit: Retold (1928); Tales of Green Hedges (1946); Tales of the Twins (1948); Tales of Toyland (2013); The Adventure of the Secret Necklace (1954); The Adventure of the Strange Ruby (1960); The Adventures of Scamp (1943); The Adventurous Four (1941); The Adventurous Four Again (1947); The Bonfire Folk (1984); The Boy Next Door (1944); The Boy Who Came Back (1965); The Boy Who Wanted a Dog (1963); The Boy With the Loaves and the Fishes (1948); The Brown Family (1945); The Buttercup Farm Family (1951); The Caravan Family (1945); The Castle of Adventure (1946); The Children at Green Meadows (1954); The Children at Happy House (1946); The Children of Cherry Tree Farm (1940); The Children of Kidillin (1940); The Children of Willow Farm (1942); The Children's Life of Christ (1943); The Circus of Adventure (1952); The Dog with the Long Tail (1975); The Enchanted Wood (1939); The Enid Blyton Bedtime Story Book (1980); The Family at Red Roofs (1945); The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946); The Four Cousins (1961); The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit (1942); The Goblin Aeroplane and Other Stories (1986); The Golliwog Grumbled (1954); The Happy House Children (1966); The Happy House Children Again (1947); The Hidey Hole (1932); The House at the Corner (1947); The Island of Adventure (1944); The Island of Surprises (2009); The Land of Blue Mountains (1993); The Land of Fairytales (2009); The Land of Far-Beyond (1942); The Land of Mythical Creatures (2009); The Little Girl at Capernaum (1948); The Little White Duck (1946); The Magic Brush (1942); The Magic Faraway Tree (1943); The Magic Watering Can (2010); The Man Who Stopped to Help (1965); The Mountain of Adventure (1949); The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953); The Mystery of the Banshee Towers (1961); The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943); The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944); The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948); The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (1950); The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956); The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (1947); The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949); The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945); The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946); The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952); The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957); The Mystery of the Tally-Ho Cottage (1954); The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951); The Mystery That Never Was (1961); The Naughtiest Girl Again (1942); The Naughtiest Girl in the School (1940); The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor (1945); The Night The Toys Had A Party (1991); The O'clock Tales (2010); The O'Sullivan Twins (1942); The Pole Star Family (1950); The Put-Em-Rights (1946); The Queen Elizabeth Family (1951); The Queer Adventure (1952); The Ragamuffin Mystery (1959); The Rat-A-Tat Mystery (1956); The Rilloby Fair Mystery (1950); The Ring O'Bells Mystery (1951); The River of Adventure (1955); The Rockingdown Mystery (1949); The Rubadub Mystery (1952); The Saucy Jane Family (1947); The Sea of Adventure (1948); The Seaside Family (1950); The Second Form at Malory Towers (1947); The Second form at St Clare's (1944); The Second Holiday Book (1947); The Secret Island (1938); The Secret Mountain (1941); The Secret of Cliff Castle (1947); The Secret of Killimooin (1943); The Secret of Moon Castle (1953); The Secret of Spiggy holes (1940); The Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Mystery of the Empty House (1948); The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (1997); The Ship of Adventure (1950); The Six Bad Boys (1951); The Sixth holiday Book (1951); The Smith Family (1947); The Sneezing Dog and Other Stories (1993); The Story of My Life (1952); The Tenth Holiday Book (1955); The Three Golliwogs (1946); The Treasure Hunters (1940); The Troublesome Three (1955); The Twins at St Clare's (1941); The Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949); The Valley of Adventure (1947); The Very Big Secret (1952); The Wishing Chair Again (1950); The Wishing Chair Collections (2002); They Ran Away Together (1948); Third Year at Malory Towers (1948); Those Dreadful Children (1949); Three Boys and a Circus (1940); Three Cheers Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Grim Secret (1956); Trouble for the Twins (1964); Up the Faraway Tree (1951); Visitors in the Night (1953); Welcome Mary Mouse (1950); Well Done Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Tree House Adventure (1951); Well, Really, Mr. Twiddle! (1968); What an Adventure (1950); Winter Stories (2018); Winter Wonderland (2009); World Book Day 2017.

Movies and television:

À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968); Adventures of Noddy (1955); Circus of Adventure (1995); De 5 i fedtefadet (1970); De 5 og spionerne (1969); Famous Five (2012); Famous Five 2 (2013); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964); Five on a Treasure Island (1957); Fünf Freunde 3 (2014); Hanni & Nanni (2010); Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013); Hanni & Nanni: Mehr als beste Freunde (2017); Hanni and Nanni 2 (2012); Jackanory (1974–1986); Lilalu im Schepperland (2000–2001); Make Way for Noddy (2001–2003); Malory Towers (2020–2024); Noddy (1975); Noddy (1998–2000); Noddy Goes to Toyland (1963); Noddy in Toyland (1957); Noddy Saves Christmas (2004); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); Noddy's Playtime (1992); Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1993); Personality Meet: Enid Blyton (1946); Readers and Writers (1951); Secret Lives (1996); Success Story (1974); The Castle of Adventure (1990); The Comic Strip Presents (1982); The Enid Blyton Adventure Series (1996); The Enid Blyton Secret Series (1997–1998); The Famous Five (1978–1997); The Famous Five (2023); The Famous Five Adventure Game (2018); The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018); The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island (1991); The Island of Adventure (1981); The Magic Faraway Tree (2024); The Project (2010); The Twins at St. Clare's (1991).

Born on this day – Helen Broderick:

Helen Broderick

Actress

August 11, 1891 – September 25, 1959

Born on this day – Hobart Bosworth:

Hobart Bosworth

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943

Credits:

A Child of the Wilderness (1912); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (1912); A Crucial Test (1912); A Cup of Cold Water (1911); A Frontier Girl's Courage (1911); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); A Man of Peace (1928); A Messenger to Kearney (1912); A Modern Rip (1911); A Mormon Maid (1917); A Night Out (1912); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); A Reconstructed Rebel (1912); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); A Tale of the Sea (1910); A Thousand to One (1920); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Wise Old Elephant (1913); A Woman of Affairs (1928); Abraham Lincoln (1930); Across the Plains (1910); After the Storm (1928); Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913); Altar of the Aztecs (1913); An Englishman's Honor (1911); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Odyssey of the North (1914); Annapolis (1928); Annie Laurie (1927); Arthur Preston Hankins (1912); As a Father Spareth His Son (1913); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); Atala (1912); Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (2012); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Betrayed (1917); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Blackbeard (1911); Blind Hearts (1921); Boots and Saddles (1909); Bread (1924); Briton and Boer (1909); Buck Richards' Bride (1913); Buckshot John (1915); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Bunkie (1912); Burning Daylight (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Civilization (1914); Business Is Business (1915); Captain January (1924); Carnival Boat (1932); Chickie (1925); Coals of Fire (1911); Colorado (1915); Damon and Pythias (1908); Darkfeather's Strategy (1912); Davy Crockett (1910); Dirigible (1931); Disillusioned (1912); Doctor Neighbor (1916); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Escape from Crime (1942); Eternal Love (1929); Evangeline (1911); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); Fatherhood (1915); Fighting Bob (1909); Freckles (1917 / 1928); General Crack (1929); General Spanky (1936); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Getting Atmosphere (1912); Greater Wealth (1913); Hangman's House (1928); Harbor Island (1912); He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916); Hearts of Oak (1924); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Help Wanted (1915); Her Guardian (1913); His Own Law (1920); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hurricane (1929); I Was Framed (1942); If I Marry Again (1925); In God We Trust (1913); In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911); In the Badlands (1909); In the Days of Gold (1911); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); In the Frozen North (1910); In the Great Northwest (1910); In the Midst of the Jungle (1913); In the Palace of the King (1923); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); In the Sultan's Power (1909); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); It Happened in the West (1911); Joan the Woman (1916); John Barleycorn (1914); John Colter's Escape (1912); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Just Imagine (1930); Justinian and Theodora (1910); King of the Mountain (1929); King of the Sierras (1938); Lady for a Day (1933); Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (1912); Law of the Tropics (1941); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Little Injin (1911); Little Sunset (1915); Lost and Won (1911); Mammy (1930); Man Alone (1923); Martin Eden (1914); McKee Rankin's '49' (1911); Merely a Millionaire (1912); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Miss Aubry's Love Affair (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); Music in the Air (1934); My Best Girl (1927); My Son (1925); Name the Man! (1924); Nan of the Woods (1913); Nearly a Lady (1915); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); No Greater Love (1932); Oliver Twist (1916); On Thanksgiving Day (1908); On the Border (1909); On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Peck's Bad Boy / Together We Live (1935); Personality Parade (1938); Pierre of the North (1913); Pine Ridge Feud (1909); Portia on Trial (1937); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Range Pals (1911); Rip Van Winkle (1908); Rivals (1912); Rollin' Plains (1938); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Saved from the Snow (1911); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Seeds of Silver (1913); Shipmates (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Sin Town (1942); Sit Tight (1931); Songs of Truce (1913); Souls for Sale (1923); Spangles (1926); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Steel Preferred (1925); Sundown (1924); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Tainted Money (1915); Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (1912); The Artist and the Brute (1913); The Awakening (1912); The Barge Man of Old Holland (1910); The Beachcomber (1915); The Beaded Buckskin Bag (1913); The Big Parade (1925); The Blood Ship (1927); The Bootlegger (1911); The Border Legion (1918); The Brute Master (1920); The Buccaneers (1911); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Christian Martyrs (1909); The Code of Honor (1911); The Common Enemy (1910); The Common Law (1923); The Convert of San Clemente (1911); The Count of Monte Cristo (1908); The Country Mouse (1914); The County Fair (1932); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910); The Crusades (1935); The Cup of Life (1921); The Danites (1912); The Dark Hour (1936); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Devil-Stone (1917); The End of the Romance (1912); The Eternal Three (1923); The Eye of Conscience (1911); The Far Cry (1926); The Fisherboy's Faith (1912); The Foolish Matrons (1921); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Girl and the Judge (1913); The Girl of the Lighthouse (1912); The Girl of the Mountains (1912); The Golden Strain (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Hand of Fate (1912); The Haven of Refuge (1911); The Hobo (1912); The Inner Shrine (1917); The Iron Hand (1916); The Junior Officer (1912); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Knight Errant (1911); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912); The Leopard Queen (1909); The Little American (1917); The Little Circus Rider (1911); The Long Trail (1910); The Love of an Island Maid (1912); The Love of Penelope (1913); The Maid at the Helm (1911); The Man Higher Up (1929); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912); The Miracle Man (1932); The Nervous Wreck (1926); The New Faith (1911); The Novice (1911); The Office Wife (1930); The Other Fellow (1912); The Padre (1911); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pirate's Daughter (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Price He Paid (1912); The Professor's Wooing (1912); The Profligate (1911); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Rancher's Failing (1913); The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (1911); The Roman (1910); The Sanitarium (1910); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Scarlet Sin (1915); The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (1910); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret of Treasure Island (1938); The Sergeant (1910); The Sheriff (1910); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Shrinking Rawhide (1912); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Smart Set (1928); The Spirit of '76 (1908); The Spy (1911); The Stampede (1909); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Substitute Model (1912); The Target (1916); The Tenderfoot (1909); The Test (1912); The Third Alarm (1930); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trade Gun Bullet (1912); The Traitor (1914); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Vintage of Fate (1912); The Vision Beautiful (1912); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of the World (1916); The White Medicine Man (1911); The White Scar (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Woman on the Jury (1924); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Yaqui (1916); The Young Mrs. Eames (1913); Thelma (1911); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); This Modern Age (1931); Three Hours (1927); Through the Dark (1924); 'Twas Ever Thus (1915); Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916); Unconquered (1917); Unto Us a Child Is Born (1911); Up San Juan Hill (1909); Vanity Fair (1923); What Money Can't Buy (1917); When Edith Played Judge and Jury (1912); White Hands (1922); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Willie (1910); Winds of Chance (1925); Wolves of the Sea (1936); Yankee Doodle Dixie (1913); Zander the Great (1925).

Recommended reading - No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (2020):

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (2020).

By Michael J. Fox.

Published by Flatiron Books.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1250265630

ISBN-13: 978-1250265630

Description:

The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of PD science. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges.

In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses.

Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.”

Does he make it all of the way back? Read the book.

Recommended reading - The Embezzler (1940):

The Embezzler (1940).

aka Money and the Woman.

By James M. Cain.

Published by‎ Avon Books, Inc.

Paperback novella.

ASIN: B002MICS6C

Description:

A bank employee’s wife teams up with his boss – with fatal results – in this noir novella by the legendary author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Despite an ulcer that requires surgery, workaholic Charles Brent doesn’t want to take time off from his job as a head teller at the bank. What eventually convinces him to give in and take a break is the prospect of his young wife, Sheila, temporarily taking over his responsibilities. Then, in Charles’s absence, his wife and his boss discover the embezzlement he’s been hiding—and the reason behind it. But instead of reporting Charles, the two form a pact . . .

Originally published under the title Money and the Woman, The Embezzler is a standout novella from James M. Cain, celebrated crime writer and master of the noir thriller.

“James M. Cain is one novelist who has something to teach just about any writer, and delight just about any reader.” – Anne Rice, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Interview with a Vampire.

“One of the greats of American noir.” – The Guardian.

Betsy Byars, on reading and writing:

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together.

The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

- Betsy Byars.