Meet Lisa Gammon Olson

Meet Lisa Gammon Olson in her Kiddie Lit Market interview with Diane Davies. Lisa makes her home in Wisconsin with her husband Bruce. They have three adult sons. She is the secretary at the Coon Valley Elementary School—a job she adores! At a young age, Lisa tells us that “Dick and Jane” helped to launch her writing career. Her children’s books are a little look into history adding faces and personalities to each historic event making them more memorable and interesting. Preserving our planet and populating it with human beings who are Respectful, Responsible and Kind is Lisa’s mission in her life, her work and in her books.

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Lisa is from Wisconsin
2:10 When did you begin your writing career?
2:19 Dick & Jane
3:29 The Hobbit
5:39 School masks
6:33 Tell us about your books
6:40 Dust Flowers
7:29 Working with family
8:45 Sewing The Magic In
10:08 The Cheese Song
11:25 Remembering Green
12:58 And the Trees Began to Move
13:34 Fig Newton Summer
16:35 Author Visits
17:23 Advice for a new author
18:29 Beverly Cleary
19:16 Knowing the ending
19:35 POV
20:23 Nora and Molly

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