Children’s Books Written By Adult Authors!

Michael Berger bio ↓  ·  May 20th, 2010  ·  filed under books, Other

“After years of finding children’s books tucked away in authors’ bibliographies (Graham Greene wrote children’s books!), followed by quick disappointment (how can they be out of print?), I realized that I was having this same frustrating revelation over and over. And when I would bring these discoveries up with my friends, they would have the same reaction (John Updike wrote children’s books! How can they be out of print?)”

Today I discovered a new blog which is worth a lengthy exploration: We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie: Being A Compendium Of Children’s Books by Twentieth Century “Adult” Authors Currently Out of Print.

When I have more time today I’m going to find out if Nabokov ever wrote a kid’s book, or William Burroughs for that matter.

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Michael Berger is a San Francisco-based writer, blogger and fiction editor for www.splintergeneration.com. A former civil rights law clerk, he now works at a bookstore, volunteers at Alemany Farm and is working on various unfinished novels about love and the apocalypse. More from this author →

One Response to “Children’s Books Written By Adult Authors!”

  1. Johnnie Lunchpail Says:
    May 21st, 2010 at 11:45 am

    Anxious to find out what you learn– I would love to see these. Wonder if DiVinci may have illustrated a picture book?

    Thanks for the post!

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