Cameron Dokey has added more than thirty young people's titles to her credit since she first began writing fiction in 1994. With a range that extends from fantasy to horror, romantic suspense to historical, Cameron's work has been honored by the American Library Association and selected by the New York Public Library for its Best Book for Teens award. Cameron lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Saying Goodbye to Maurice Sendak
May 16, 2012
It was with genuine sorrow that I opened the newspaper last week and read of the death of Maurice Sendak. It's really just the simple truth to say that I cannot imagine what my childhood would have been without him. I've always been so interested in the fact that Sendak was considered controversial because he showed childhood's dark side. But I have no recollection of finding Sendak's works scary as a child. Instead, they were fascinating--filled with detail and texture and sly humor. They might not depict scenes that were familiar, but they were, nevertheless, worlds that I recognized.
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