Authors and Illustrators

Featured Author: Rachel Dunstan Muller

Books

Ten Thumb Sam: When the Triple Top Circus is threatened by repeated acts of sabotage, Sam is the number one suspect. To clear his name, Sam enlists the help of his cousin, Harriet, and discovers that, while he may never be a sword-swallower or a lion-tamer, he just might be able to save the circus.

Interview

What would you be doing if you weren't writing kids' books? I've always been fascinated by magicians. Magicians feature prominently in both of my first two novels, When the Curtain Rises and Ten Thumb Sam. But I wasn't meant for the stage. Like Sam, the protagonist of my second book, I'm just too clumsy. So I write instead. Writing is a kind of magic. I get to create entire worlds—interesting settings, unusual characters—out of thin air. If I do my job properly, I can bring what I'm writing about to life. Then other people can enter my stories as well.

We also asked Rachel...

• What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you recently as a writer?
• What are you working on now?
• What do you like best about writing? What do you like least?
• What's the most interesting reader response you've ever had?

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Biography

Rachel has had more than twenty-six pets! Find out what they were (and learn more interesting things about her).