Duprau received a Ba in English Literature from Scrips College in Claremont, California. She has been a university English teacher, an editor for educational publishing companies, a technical author for Apple Inc. and a freelance author. On her website and several other online biographies, Duprau is described as a gardening enthusiast and dog lover! She is also an ice skater, a bird watcher, a meditator, a house builder, a gardener, a piano player, and gourmet vegetarian cook. Duprau has no children. She has two nephews and a niece. She also had a Cairn Terrier called Ethan who was almost 16 years old when he passed away. She now has a new puppy called Jockey, who is a Norfolk Terrier.
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On her website, Jeanne Duprau writes:.
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I didn't really set out to be a author. I just created. Reading and composing have always been my favorite things, though for a while I wanted to be a author and an artist. I still have my very first book, which I created when I was about five years old. It's named Frosty the Snowman, has five pages, and is illustrated with red and green crayon.
Jeanne DuPrau
