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" In junior high, I was still writing poems and stories. In college, I was a journalism major. When I got out of college, I went to work for an educational publisher, so I was still writing, developing curriculums. "

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" I started writing stories when I was six years old. I was a very shy kid, extremely shy, and I had a fabulous first-grade teacher who told me to write. "

Doreen Cronin

Fabulous

Teacher

" My daughters are in kindergarten and second grade, so many of the stories they tell, write, or illustrate are about each other and our dog, Buster. "

" The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing! "

Doreen Cronin

Best

Writing

" I never considered writing as a career - it was always a creative outlet for me and something I just loved to do. "

Doreen Cronin

Creative

Loved

" I wanted to be a police officer for a long time so I could be just like my dad! "

" Sadly, I haven't been able to find my earliest stories, but the impact of being told by someone important to me that I could do something special is immeasurable. "

Doreen Cronin

Special

Someone

" After 'Click, Clack, Moo' was published, I was still practicing law and had no plans to make a career change. "

" I never want kids to walk away after a school presentation and say, 'I met a writer today.' I want them to say, 'I am a writer.' "

" I'd always been around kids, and when you don't have kids, you have a lot more time to do things. Before I had kids, I was a lot more prolific and wrote books a lot faster. "

" Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them. "

" I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married. "

Doreen Cronin

Family

Nephews

" I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2. "