What makes a writer? What inspires them? And where do their stories come from? Abundantly illustrated with striking water, ink, and digital images, this graphic novel-anthology for readers 9 to 12 profiles a motley assortment of literary legends and traces the impact of their childhoods upon their later work. A celebration of creativity, this collective biography profiles such authors as Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou, C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter, Sandra Cisneros, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Mark Twain, and Madeleine L'Engle.