Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Author Nancy Farmer didn't start writing until she was 40. See? It's never too late to go after your dream. (Source.)
You're supposed to write what you know. Luckily, Farmer knows Africa after living on the continent for seventeen years. In fact, it's her home country of America that she feels less familiar with now.
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Resthaven is based on a real place, complete with a priest and classrooms. In fact, the author's son Daniel spent a lot of time in the real place in Harare. (Source.)
If you thought the curses and witches were make believe, think again. Nancy Farmer once got a blue monkey toy for her son that made him so sick, he almost died. So she called up her trusted witch doctor to put a curse on the person who sent it to her. (Source.)