The book was not very good, but it helped her get some much needed writing practice. Tolkien, and Alan Garner.īy the age of fourteen, Elizabeth had finished an epic fantasy novel, which was called “By Sunlight and Starlight”. After her mother died, Elizabeth enjoyed reading books, especially fantasy. After Carol died in a car wreck in 1978, the kids were raised by Carol’s parents. This is where Carol’s parents were living. Her parents separated, her mother relocated Elizabeth and her brother and sister back in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When she was only seven, her and her friend finished a story that was called “The Hidden Treasure”, which was a part of a series of mysteries that were based on the Hardy Boys. While living in Jamaica, she began reading and started writing. She writes historical fiction meant for young adults.įrom the years 1970 to 1973, she lived in Jamaica, which she loved and she was even fluent in Jamaican patois. Wein was born on October second in New York City in the year 1964, and then moved to England at the age of three, where she started school.
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