Author Paragraph Rebecca Stead Directions

1. Watch the interview with Rebecca Stead.  Note at least two interesting facts from the video. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfBpR1mRg7Y

2. Read “A Conversation with Rebecca Stead.”  Answer the questions below on a piece of white lined paper. 
3. Using your interesting facts, AND answers to the questions, write or type a paragraph about Rebecca Stead. 

1. Where did Rebecca Stead grow up? When did she begin writing? Where did she go to college?

2. How did Stead see A Wrinkle in Time differently reading the book again as an adult?

3. Why did Stead want her story to take place in the 1970s, as opposed to today?

4. Did Stead know how the story would end when she started writing it?

5. What does Stead think is helpful for kids about the fact that this book crosses “genres”?