Ida b books katherine hannigan biography

          Katherine Hannigan's first novel, Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World was a New York Times bestseller....

          Katherine Hannigan talks about Ida B, her first novel for children, explaining what aspects are autobigraphical and which famous author inspired her to start.

        1. Katherine Hannigan talks about Ida B, her first novel for children, explaining what aspects are autobigraphical and which famous author inspired her to start.
        2. Ida B lives an idyllic life on her parents farm where she is home schooled, leaving her with plenty of time to spend with her own thoughts and to talk with her.
        3. Katherine Hannigan's first novel, Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World was a New York Times bestseller.
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        5. Continuing to draw on that imagination as an adult, Hannigan is the author of the entertaining middle-school novel Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun.

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          Interview

          Katherine Hannigan talks about Ida B, her first novel for children, explaining what aspects are autobigraphical and which famous author inspired her to start writing.

          Where did Ida B and the idea for her story come from?
          Ida B came out of a lot of things in my life – moving to the Midwest and falling in love with the space, the hills, the woods, the people who have no idea who you are but who wave and smile at you as they drive by.

          She came from a love of laughter and being outdoors, a fondness for people with a good dose of punkishness in them. I think in many ways Ida B has the life I would have chosen if I could have.

          You were teaching at a university when you started writing this novel.

          What made you think about writing a children's book?
          When I moved to Iowa, I decided that I wanted to write, on top of the teaching and making art and exhibiting I was doing. I wrote an article and a story, and