Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Jerry Spinelli used to have a pet chinchilla named Chichi. R.I.P. (Source)
He also had a pet rat named Bernadette. We admit it, we're a little bit obsessed with this guy's pet cemetery. (Source)
The author is married to another writer, Eileen Spinelli. She has first dibs on editing duties when he finishes a book. (Source)
Spinelli's six kids have given him a lot of source material over the years—especially the fights between his son Jeffrey and his daughter Molly. (Source)
Spinelli decided to become a writer when he had a poem published in a newspaper. You can read it right here. (Source)