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Welcome to my web site.

I bet you know some things about me from the books I've written, but now I have a chance to tell you more about myself. For instance, did you know that I like to practice the things that I write books about? Here's a picture of me playing football, which I learned how to do while writing Tackling Dad, a story about a 7th grade girl who plays for her middle school football team. It was after playing football that I learned how great frozen peas are: not for eating, but for putting on bruises to reduce the swelling!
I also took a lot of dancing lessons while I was writing Seventh Grade Tango, about two 7th graders who enter a dancing contest.  What I learned is that while I love dancing, it will probably never replace writing as something I can do for a living.

I love writing different kinds of books. I write fiction and non-fiction -- books for young children and books for teen-agers. Friendship and laughing are a big part of my life and they're in all my books whether they're novels or history. If you like jokes, you’ll see a lot of them in both. I write a lot about characters and real people who make mistakes in their lives. Learning how to be loyal and to laugh at myself and with my friends is something I still work at. And I also work on trying to keep ‘on the ball.”

 


Here I am on my 6th Birthday with my brother Larry and my cousins Robie and Peter. Robie Harris is another children's book writer and one of my best friends.
 


Two of my newest fiction books are about all the fights, funny and not so funny, that I had with my brother and cousins when I was growing up. Big Trouble in Little Twinsville (May 2001) is about how my character Eve suffers from what she calls the terrible twosome, her twin younger sisters.

 

The Night of the Living Gerbils (Fall 2001) is the return of two of my favorite characters, Sam and Robert, from Dracula is a Pain in the Neck and Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor.

 
 
Buddy sits in the office with me, and he gets to play with his toys while I write.  I often ask him if he's like to switch roles.  He just wags his tail, but and grins.  I think he's got a secret story inside of him, just waiting to come out.
 
 
I also enjoy receiving mail from kids, teachers and librarians who want to share their thoughts about my books. Please send email to me at elizlevy@elizabethlevy.com.