In fifth grade, Author Pam Muñoz Ryan and her family moved to a new neighborhood. To cope during these tough, transitory times, she escaped into books.
After a graduate school professor planted the seed, Author Pam Muñoz Ryan started developing her writing skills before she even considered becoming a writer.
Author Rick Riordan never intended to write a children’s book. But then learning differences caused his second grade son to hate reading and writing. But he loved Greek Mythology and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was born.
