Quotes by Betsy Byars

About Betsy Byars:

Betsy Cromer Byars is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).
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When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

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I have cried over myself a hundred times this summer, she thought, I have wept over my big feet and my skinny legs and my nose, I have even cried over my stupid shoes, and now when I have true sadness there are no tears left.

Betsy Byars

Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that this was the only time I would write about these characters. I felt it gave me an added incentive to do my best by them, to tell readers e...

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My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal in Europe, but we take co...

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My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.

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I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

Betsy Byars

I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it and admire it, and I think to myself, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I'l have a book. It is such a pleasurable moment that I t...

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Author Bio

  • NameBetsy Byars
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer
  • BornAugust 7, 1928
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksSummer Of The Swans