Yesterday I went to Minneapolis Minnesota,  where I went to the American Girl store and met AG author Valerie Tripp.

Ms.Tripp wrote the Molly, Felicity,Kit,Josephina books (Plus, 3 of Samanthas).  My mom and I asked several questions.  Here they are below including the answers:

Q: How long have you been working with Americangirl?

A:Pleastant Rowland [the founder of AG] called me right out of college.  I have been with American Girl since the begining.

Q: What was the first book you qrote?

A:  The first book I wrote was an autobiography a wrote when I was 7. I was very proud of it even though not very much had happened to me yet.  Come to think of it, I still have that book.  The first book I wrote for American Girl Was Meet Molly. The first book I ever had published was a book on Williaburg, which is kind of funny* since later on I wrote the felicity books.

There was much more to the conversation wit Ms.Tripp but her main point to the group was:

“If you want to be writer you need to use words that appeal to the senses.  I promise you that if you sit up straighter,  listen closer and take in your surroundings you will have the best imagination.  And with a good imagination you are able to write stories that seem real to the readers”

If you want to know about any about any upcoming events like thia go to this link and you can see all the events.

Thanks for reading,

Maddie

*Felicty Merriman was a colonial girl growing up in Williamsburg Virginia