Kathleen O'Dell
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Children's author |
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | I write for girls. My books include AGNES PARKER...GIRL IN PROGRESS, AGNES PARKER...HAPPY CAMPER, AGNES PARKER...KEEPING COOL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, OPHIE OUT OF OZ and BAD TICKETS. I'm excited about the latest book for Knopf: THE AVIARY. It's a historical novel with elements of fantasy. (Ghosts! Enchanted birds!) It was very fun to write... |
| Interests | Writing,singing,old movies,reading and collecting mountains of interior design magazines--which (coincidentally) have made my interiors a bit of an eyesore! Other interests: fashion,psychology,perfume,tales of the weird and unexplainable,genealogy,karaoke and my pug, Max. |
| Favorite movies | A Place in the Sun,Splendor in the Grass,Godfather2,The Original Parent Trap,Anchorman,Pillow Talk,Good Fellas,Now Voyager,The Graduate,All the President's Men,Magnificent Obsession,Philadelphia Story... |
| Favorite music | Beatles,Stones and 60's rock,Blues men like Jimmy Reed and Little Willy John,Nina Simone,Frank Sinatra,The Smiths,The Everly Brothers,James Brown |
| Favorite books | Huckleberry Finn,The Way We Live Now,Pride and Prejudice,Tales of Hans Christian Andersen,I Ching (Wilhelm edition),The Man Who Loved Children,The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Ramona the Pest,The Makioka Sisters,The Long Secret,Clarice Bean Books,Poetry by Rilke or Frank O'Hara |