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                                              Jerry Spinelli  

Jerry Spinelli's golden rule is ,"write what you care about."

In Jerry's free time he likes to hang out with his grandchildren, pick berries, play tennis, swoon at the Milky way, read, listen to country music, and ride trains.


Jerry gets all of the ideas for his books, from his imagination, memory and everyday life


Jerry has 6 children and 16 grandchildren!

Jerry didn't always want to become a writer.  At first he wanted to be a cowboy, then a baseball player.  He finally decided he wanted to become a writer when he was in eleventh grade.


Jerry's favorite book as a child was " Babar the Elephant."


Jerry's favorite writers are Eileen Spinelli, and Loren Eiseley.