Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Apparently Sheila Turnage decided that she wanted to be a writer all the way back in the first grade when her teacher invited her to read her story to some beastly third graders. (Source)
Turnage doesn't just write about life in rural North Carolina, she lives it. She has a farm where she takes care of a dog, chickens, and a flock of guineas. (Source)
Guess what? Turnage knows a whole lot about tobacco farms like the one Miss Rose opens in Three Times Lucky. How so? She grew up on her family's tobacco farm in eastern North Carolina. (Source)