Featured Interview With Bonnie Lieberman
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in the Bronx in a neighborhood in which social acceptance was greatly based upon wearing similar clothing, hairstyles, using the same expressions, and walking with the same strut as my popular peers.
I am a retired teacher and I hold a NYS Reading Teacher’s License. My passion was helping my students recognize their creativity and individuality.
Today, I live in the Mid Hudson Valley with my child therapist husband and our two cuddly dogs. I relish spending time with my adult children and young grand girls.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
For as long as I can remember, I looked forward to bedtime only because my dad would bring a book in my room and read it to me. He encouraged me to connect with the characters, their problems, and how they resolved those problems. That was how I was first introduced to the skill of critical thinking.
In second grade, I wrote two stories. One was about a child who had sent invitations to his birthday party and was upset to learn that none of his friends would be able to attend. One can guess how it ended!
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite genre to read is fiction. I enjoy or have enjoyed reading books by Naomi Ragan, Khalid Hosseini, Herman Hesse, Herman Wouk, Chaim Potok, Sidney Taylor, Lisa See, Richard Wright and Dr. Suess. My favorite short stories have been written by Fedor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Antoine Balzac and Langston Hughes.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Congratulations are for… Being brave enough to make good choices for yourself, unafraid of making mistakes and not caring about what others think of you. Welcome to the Village of Nobble Ook, a place in which everyone wants to be like the king, but not really… Their king wants them to be like him, In the village, someone is going to be very sorry, Will he discover it’s never too late to become a better person? Love yourself for whom you are. and don’t try to be like anyone else. Wear the clothes you want to wear. Eat the foods you like just because you like them. Read the books you like because you like them. Be yourself!
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