About Daniel:
Daniel Pinkwater is, in brief, the author and sometimes illustrator of over 80 (and counting) wildly popular books. He is also an occasional commentator on National Public Radio’s All Thing Considered and appears regularly on Weekend Edition Saturday, where he reviews exceptional kids’ books with host Scott Simon. Said books usually go on to become best-selling classics.
Daniel also contributes to Wondertime, and has in the past been spotted on the pages of the New York Times Magazine, OMNI, and many other fine publications.
In collaboration with Tony Auth, Daniel wrote an unfortunately short-lived comic strip, NORB, which was critically acclaimed by Jules Feiffer and Chaim Potok, and no one else. (It was really good, though.)
A not uninformative biography can be accessed right here, and a similarly fine essay written by authentic Pinkwater Historian and real-world professor, Walter Hogan, can be found here.
For a basic kid-friendly biography and lots of colourful pictures of a youthful Pinkwater, try Meet Daniel Pinkwater, by Alice McGinty. For a more in-depth analysis of Daniel’s life and work, you could do worse than to consult Walter Hogan’s fine author study, The Agony and the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater’s heroic struggles in the name of YA literature.
Daniel’s agent is Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary agency. Interested parties can contact her here.
Daniel Pinkwater is _not_ Dav Pilkey. Probably, anyway.
About Jill:
Jill Pinkwater is an award-winning author and illustrator who has collaborated with Daniel on many fine books, many of which feature polar bears and other noble creatures. They’ve also worked together on “Superpuppy,” the world’s best guide to owning and caring for a canine companion.
Comprising the collection of much-loved novels Jill has written are Cloud Horse, The disappearance of Sister Perfect, Buffalo Brenda, Tails of the Bronx, and Mr. Fred.
Photo copyright © 2000 Kathy McLaughlin
Not yours. Don’t steal it.
Dear Mr. Pinkwater,
My personal introduction to you was via an episodic autobiographical story you read on NPR’s All Things Considered that ran over the course of a week and a half in 1987-88 or so. It was the story of your journey from artful adolescent to college student to struggling sculptor (under “Navin Diebold”) to being told, finally, that you were going to be an author.
“Fly, Fly, Birdie. Out of the nest.”
I had record all but one of the series on cassette, and I would listen to it QUITE often – until the tape broke, and I spliced it back together with cellotape.
I have since lost this battered recording. I want my kids to hear it, and I want to hear it again, though I can still hear your voice in my head, and can speak it nearly verbatim without much effort or error (I think).
Daniel, Please Please Please make these episodes of the “Making of an Artist” available — on CD, iTunes, an NPR subscriber thank you gift… SOMETHING!
Sir, I Beg You.
Humbly Yours,
Daniel Schell
Buffalo, NY
My 7 year old daughter, Emma Becker, wrote you a letter where can we send it to or email it as an attachment.
Thank you
Stacy Becker
Hi Stacy,
If you have a look at the bottom of the page, there’s a link under “How to get in touch” for “Autographs and other postal items.” You can use that address.
Regards,
Webmaster Ed
I listen to Radio Mozart regularly. Is that not your voice that I hear once in a while?
If so, thanks for your presence there.