Neil Gaiman? Diane Duane? Roald Dahl?
Stephen King wrote a book for kids, or at least for young adults.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Jun 07, 2006 6:39:47 am PDT #558 of 28061
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Amy - Jun 07, 2006 6:43:53 am PDT #559 of 28061
Because books.
Did Lois Duncan write for adults, too? Cool.
Judy Blume is perfect.
Don't know Diane Duane -- I'll look her up. Didn't even think if Roald Dahl.
Possibly, you guys should be writing this column.
Nutty - Jun 07, 2006 6:44:31 am PDT #560 of 28061
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think Stephen King is always writing horror, whatever the audience. Actually, I think a lot of authors branch out into children's books, because they're short and they've already got name recognition, but aren't necessarily writing something "different," just modulating their tone and vocabulary.
You'll find the damnedest names on a children's library shelf (John Lithgow, who is quite good, and also Fred Gwynn, who played Hermann Munster).
Amy - Jun 07, 2006 6:47:56 am PDT #561 of 28061
Because books.
Fred Gwynn, who played Hermann Munster
We have one of those -- The King Who Rained.
Actually, I think a lot of authors branch out into children's books, because they're short and they've already got name recognition, but aren't necessarily writing something "different," just modulating their tone and vocabulary.
That's why I hesitate to mention Chabon. I want people who are writing adult and children's book simultaneously (like Joan Aiken), not who used their name recognition as a platform to write stuff they might consider more fun.
erikaj - Jun 07, 2006 6:51:48 am PDT #562 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
I thought she did. Oh, well, I didn't really think of that, AmyLiz. No, not quite like "Wifey" and "Superfudge" Which are both funny, on completely different planets.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2006 6:55:42 am PDT #563 of 28061
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
You'll find the damnedest names on a children's library shelf (John Lithgow, who is quite good,
It was very surreal to find out that he was at IRA this year as a keynote speaker because of some children's books he wrote. Well, "wrote," anyway.
Kathy A - Jun 07, 2006 6:57:16 am PDT #564 of 28061
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You'll find the damnedest names on a children's library shelf
Also Julie Andrews, who writes kids books under her married name of Julie Andrews Edwards.
There are those romance authors who have moved onto the mainstream fiction and mystery shelves, including Iris Johansen, Sandra Brown, and Janet Evanovitch.
Ginger - Jun 07, 2006 7:30:03 am PDT #565 of 28061
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Madeleine L'Engle -- young adult and adult books Kate Wilhelm -- science fiction, literary fiction, mysteries
Then there are the examples of people who wrote one "science fiction" book and who really, really shouldn't have, e.g. P.D. James.
Amy - Jun 07, 2006 7:37:10 am PDT #566 of 28061
Because books.
Ooh, good calls, Ginger!
Although, I kind of liked The Children of Men.
::ducks and runs::
Calli - Jun 07, 2006 7:38:28 am PDT #567 of 28061
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think Scott Westerfeld wrote five adult books before moving to young adult/juvenile fiction. Anyway, some of his books are shelved with the adult sf in my library, and the others are with the YA stuff. In his FAQ, he discusses why he's been writing a lot of teen stuff lately. [link]
Emma Bull wrote a YA book (The Princess and the Lord of Night), as well as her adult fantasy and sf.