My grandfather studied at Juilliard and during World War 2 he traveled as a piano soloist in Europe with a London orchestra. What inspired you to write Double Bass Blues? And now, get ready, because she’s topping off the excitement by talking about Double Bass Blues on THE KIDS ARE ALL WRITE. She’s written for Hollywood ( Chicken Soup for the Soul), 1999-2000), worked as a teacher, written novels, performed comedy and is now an author of middle grade and picture books.
She describes herself as “a small, bespectacled chick of African-American, Jamaican and Panamanian descent escaped from her tiny suburban Jersey town to study writing in New York City.” She graduated from New York University, earned an MFA and joined a traveling circus, traveling with clowns, elephants and carnies. From Bunny Bear (Illustrated by Carmen Saldana, Albert Whitman & Company), the story of a bear who acts like a bunny, to her latest, Double Bass Blues, (illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, Knopf Books for Young Readers), a book inspired by music-loving students who told her that no one would be interested in a story about them. Loney has a heart for kids who feel different.
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