Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld

Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld

A young girl's journey toward the strange hypnotic world of madness, and about a group of her friends who unite to get her help-filmed as a Hallmark Hall of Fame Production. Compassionate and tragic, an indictment of adults who refuse to get involved.-The New York Times A surprise and a delight, despite its sobering theme.-Austin American Statesman . skillfully constructed and more exciting than Neufeld's previous, highly praised Edgar Allan.-School Library Journal New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year '69 Hallmark Hall of Fame Production, NBC-TV An International Best-Seller

I always wanted to be a writer. I started writing early, and badly, sending off short stories to national magazines when I was ten or eleven. They were all returned.

But I kept at it. All through high school and college. Everything I sent out came back. Thanks but no thanks.

I moved to New York and worked in a publishing house. I kept writing. In fact, I was fired from my first job for spending more time on my own projects than on the publishing house's.

I wrote on.

In 1968, an editor from a small California publishing house and I hadlunch. She gave me an outline for a story she thought I could write well. I knew immediately I had to try.

But what I wanted to do was write a short book, full of emotion and detail and excitement, for readers of all ages. I didn't know that Edgar Allan would be regarded as a children's book.It was.

And when it was, everything fell into place. The minute Edgar Allan was launched successfully, I sat down to write Lisa, Bright And Dark. It, too, was a success so there was no turning back.Although I do write books for adults, the ideas that stimulate me always seem to come to me in the form of a story for young readers. I get ideas from everywhere: from the newspapers, from radio, from lunches and talks I have with friends.

Right now, if I never get another idea, I have more story lines to work on than my lifetime probably permits.

Both Edgar Allan and Lisa, Bright And Dark, were selected as among the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times. Lisa, Bright And Dark was filmed for television, and aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC-TV. Mr. Neufeld's other books have as recently as this spring (2000) been cited as among the best of last year's Young Adult titles by the New York Public Library and YASLA.

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ISBN 13	9780595450480
ISBN 10	0595450482
Title	Lisa, Bright and Dark
Author	John Neufeld
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	iUniverse
Year published	2007-05-23
Number of pages	152
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