Author: Katherine Paterson

Quotes

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.

- Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

- Katherine Paterson

I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have to take what comes with that.

I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have to take what comes with that.

- Katherine Paterson

All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.

All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.

- Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

- Katherine Paterson

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

- Katherine Paterson

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

- Katherine Paterson

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

- Katherine Paterson

It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.

It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.

- Katherine Paterson

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