![]() ![]() One of the guest lecturers suggested that an approach to getting a job as an editor was to write a book, which, even if it remained unpublished, would be regarded as an accomplishment. I was taking a course in book publishing, figuring that since I also loved books, I might as well be an editor. I’d majored in Film History because I loved movies (I still do). I wrote Just Morgan because I was going to graduate from college with no career skills whatsoever. ![]() I’ve never had a day job, although I’ve done the same volunteer work for my friends of the library organization for about fifteen years (once I start on something, I guess I stick with it).” See also an Author Spotlight from Random House.Ĭould you tell us about your path to publication? Any sprints or stumbles along the way? I’ve written a lot of YA, a fair amount of middle grade, a few first chapter books, one picture book and one non-fiction book. I wrote my first book that got published, Just Morgan, my last semester at NYU and never looked back. Susan Beth Pfeffer on Susan Beth Pfeffer: “In first grade, I wrote Dookie The Cookie and realized right away that I wanted to be a writer. ![]()
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