"It's not easy. But it's such a fulfilling, enjoyable occupation that it's worth all the effort. There are days in which ideas flow and I can hardly type fast enough as I try to get every word down on paper, but there are other days during which I feel as though I'm painfully removing every word from my brain with a pair of pliers." Whether flowing freely or pried with pliers, Nixon's words won her the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Edgar Award for best juvenile mystery four times--the first writer to do so--and five of her other works were nominated for that honor, including her 1996 novel
Spirit Seeker. A Child Writer
Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She lived with her parents, grandparents, and two younger sisters in a large double house. Nixon once recalled that at a very young age she wanted to be a writer. When she was three, she began teaching herself to read by memorizing the words in her favorite books. She also followed her mother around, saying, "Write this down.
This is a free page. This page contains 177 words. This
biography contains 5,938 words (approx. 20 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Biography with our Joan Lowery Nixon Access Pass.
