![]() ![]() After writing nine books, she wrote and illustrated The Easter Egg Farm, and has done both ever since. She continued writing books for older kids, abandoning her dream of illustrating for a while. ![]() She then sold a second book to another publisher the same week. She began sending manuscripts to publishers, writing four novels before she sold the first one. Auch finally knew that she wanted to a writer when an instructor told her that sometimes artists find they can paint better pictures with words. by Scholastic Paperbacks Bantam of the Opera (1997) by Mary Jane Auch. ![]() In the summer of 1984, Auch took a week-long children's writing conference on Cape Cod. There have been many literary and dramatic works based on Gaston Lerouxs 1910 novel The. Eventually, Auch began illustrating for Pennywhistle Press, a national children's newspaper, which led to an interest in illustrating children's books. She enrolled in the Occupational Therapy program at Columbia University, and worked for some years in a children's hospital near Hartford, Connecticut. After graduation, Auch went for New York City, but after a year of designing prints for men's pajamas, she decided she wanted to do something more meaningful with her life. She went on to become an art major at Skidmore College. Her interest in drawing began as a child and continued through high school. Auchs (Bantam of the Opera) latest fowl farce unfortunately lays an egg. ![]() As a child, Mary Jane Auch loved books and read constantly. Henry Holt & Company, 16.95 (180pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-4923-7. ![]()
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