Steven Krasner Author Visits

What should I write about? Where does an author find ideas? 

Invite award-winning children’s author Steven Krasner into your school to offer answers to these and many more questions about becoming an author and about writing, in general!

Listen to how the idea for "Have A Nice Nap, Humphrey" came to Steve while he was sitting on an airplane 30,000 feet in the air!

Students are still talking about you – all positive. I think I have read your books at least 20 times each to them.
-- Paula Martin, Librarian, May Grisham School, Santa Maria, CA

Or how Steve, a retired sports writer for the Providence (RI) Journal, was struck by the idea for "Play Ball Like the Pros," which won a Parents’ Choice Silver Award in 2002, while watching his son playing a baseball game with his friends.

And why wouldn’t you call it "Cow Juice" instead of milk? After all, what do you get from apples? Apple juice, right? What do you get from oranges? Orange juice, right? So, from cows you get cow juice, right?

Using his books, Steve will talk about the differences in writing fiction and non-fiction, offering hands-on examples of the process, from the story idea to revision and editing all the way to the final product.

The question-and-answer portion of the visit will be entertaining and filled with anecdotes about writing children’s books, as well as his experiences as a baseball writer who covered the Boston Red Sox for the final 22 years of his 33-year career at the Providence Journal before retiring in September, 2008.

For information regarding fees and availability, please contact Steve.