Sometimes I'm asked if I do research for my stories. The answer is yes and no. No, in the sense that I seldom plow through books at the library to gather material. Yes, in the sense that the first fifteen years of my life turned out to be one big research project.

Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli

Answer Asked Big Books Fifteen First Gather Library Life Material My Life Out Plow Project Research Seldom Sense Sometimes Stories Through Turned Years Yes

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