This is interesting. I saw Avi at the Penn State
Literature Matters Conference a few years ago. He
would not share his real name with us, but he did say
if we heard his name we would be familiar with his
family name as there were several writers of works for
adults in his immediate family. He chooses not to use
his last name because he feels he got little or no
support from his family in his writing efforts. He
loves to write, as we all know, and look who gets the
awards! I searched Amazon and found many Wortis
entries, including one Avi Wortis. Avi also told us he
is disgraphic, a learning disability which makes
writing very difficult, and it is not unusual for him
to rewrite 70 or more times before he feels he is
ready to give a new work to his publisher. He is an
incredible example to any challenged student.
--- "Sharron L. McElmeel" <mcelmeel@MCELMEEL.COM>
wrote:
> According to the sources researched for my book 100
> Most Popular
> Children's Authors (Libraries Unlimited, 1999) --
> this is what I said
> about Avi in the second biographical paragraph of
> his section:
>
> "Edward Wortis was born December 23, 1937, five
> minutes before his
> sister Emily. his sister began to call him Avi --
> no one seems to
> know why, but the name stuck. Their father, Joseph,
> was a
> psychiatris, their mother, Helen Zunser, a social
> worker. The family
> spent a lot of time reading...."
>
> A great quote from Avi, reprinted in this book is
> "The key to writing
> is reading. The more you read, the better your
> writing can be."
>
> All my best,
> Sharron
>
>
> At 6:49 PM -0500 3/17/04, Sarah Woo wrote:
> >Hello-
> >
> >Does anyone know Avi's "real name?" His website
> says he just uses Avi, but I
> >seem to recall in previous years that students have
> found his real name.
> >
> >Also, does anyone know where students should write
> to him? All I can see is
> >the HarperCollins address in New York. We haven't
> had much luck getting any
> >responses from there.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
> >
> >Sarah Woo
> >Title I Tutor
> >SLMS Student, Simmons
> >woo@simmons.edu
> >
>
> --
>
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