Although born in Florida, Larry Dane Brimner spent his early childhood exploring Alaska's Kodiak Island. He traces his love of reading to that time in his life. Since there was no television reception and only sporadic radio reception, entertainment came in the form of books and stories. Reading and making up stories was a part of day-to-day family life. Raised in a traditional Southern family--his parents hail from Birmingham, Alabama--telling falsehoods was frowned upon but embellishment was encouraged. Larry experienced his first writing successes--mostly in the genre of poetry--while still an undergraduate in college, but he began to focus on writing for young people during his twenty-year teaching career and is now a full-time writer and author of more than 150 books for readers of all ages.

Books by Larry Dane Brimner

Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment

by Larry Dane Brimner - Crime, Law, Movies, Nonfiction, Social Issues, Young Adult 13+

Twelve Days in May

by Larry Dane Brimner - African American Interest, History, Nonfiction, Prejudice , Racism, Young Adult 12+

Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor

by Larry Dane Brimner - History