I’m Sid Fleischman. Through some miracle I became a writer from abject ignorance. I have won the Newbery for a book called The Whipping Boy. I’ve written, however, other books. In fact, I’ve lost count. I stopped counting at about 60. You may wonder how could he possibly have written 60 books?
It’s easy when you’re as old as I am. I never rushed when I write, but if I get a book out about every year, sometimes two a year. So they stack up. I am so grateful that my books are so well read, so heavily read. They’re translated into nineteen or twenty languages. I think I just hit the 20th with some strange language I’ve never heard of before.
It’s a very happy life, I live in Santa Monica near the ocean, so I feel very fortunate to have had a successful and still have a successful career. So I know what I’m going to do when I get out of bed every morning.