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Meet James Howe

It was James Howe's mother who suggested that he be a writer and for years he wrote for fun. While still in grade school he wrote plays, short stories and self-published newspapers. His favorite being a newsletter for a club he founded at age 11: The Vampire Legion. Howe called the newsletter the Gory Gazette.

After college, Howe moved to New York City and became an actor and model, directed plays, and worked as a literary agent. He says, "All the while I continued to write for fun. And not once did I think that 'that' was what I should be doing for a living. Writing was for pleasure! Work was work!"

In the mid-70s, Howe and his wife wrote a book together based on a vampire rabbit he had dreamed up named Bunnicula. They went on to write a second story together, Teddy Bear 's Scrapbook. After she passed away from cancer in 1978, Howe wrote The Hospital Book based on his experiences during her illness. He then went on to write a second book with characters in Bunnicula and called it Howliday Inn. The Celery Stalked at Midnight, Nighty-Nightmare, Return to Howliday Inn, and Bunnicula Strikes Again! followed.

Writing full time since 1981, Howe has a series of mysteries featuring a sleuth named Sebastian Barth; a series of short chapter books, loosely based on his own childhood, about two best friends named Pinky and Rex; and the Tales from the House of Bunnicula told from Howie the wirehaired dachshund's point of view. The successful author has written picture books, novels, nonfiction, adaptations of classic stories, and screenplays for movies and television.

The author states, "I've learned that there's more to being a children's author than writing books. There's the thrill of seeing each idea develop from a light bulb going over your head to a book you can hold in your hand and the satisfaction of receiving letters from readers and meeting face-to-face. There's the reward of fun that's shared. And you can make a living at it! There's a moral to this story: Except when she's telling you to eat mushrooms, listen to your mother!"

James Howe lives in Hasting-on-Hudson, New York. His daughter, Zooey, is an avid reader and talented young writer. His cat, Freckle, is a gifted catnapper whose other talents remain undisclosed.