Originally a freelance writer of children's literature for magazines such as SPIDER and CRICKET, Eben Reilly stepped up to Young Adult fiction, most recently publishing WOLF through Braiswick, an independent publisher in Suffolk England. Recently Ms. Reilly won the 2007 Vermont Playwright's Award with a stage adaptation of WOLF, entitled RETURN TO WEST RAVEN.
A quick thank you to the students downtown Brooklyn who attended the first reading of WOLF. I appreciate the warm reception and enjoyed our lively exchange.
posted by Eben Reilly @ 7:17 AM
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For many years I wrote for my kids growing up: stories, poems, until they started telling me stories back, and then I embarked on a career of collaboration-- most recently writing WOLF with my 16 year old son Ben. Currently our path has shifted from fiction to theater. After having adapted the first half of WOLF to the stage, and winning the Vermont Playwrights award (see blog), I've returned to writing drama-- my first love in graduate school where I earned an MFA in playwriting. Right now I have three plays out for submission and am working on a fourth with Ben entitled Notes from the Lower East Side. Our fiction projects still haunt me-- and by winter I will return to my copious mental notes, but this summer is all about telling tales through dialogue. (Being a born New YOrker,dialogue is my first passion anyway.) Thanks to the Valley Players for the Award, and to my kids for their ongoing creative input and inspiration!
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Keisha--
Thanks so much for stopping by the site. I'm alerting my other writers of you your question: how do I begin my autobiography?
I'm "moodling" over your question and will post my response in a day or so. (BTW "Moodling" is a word I learned today from another writer who learned it from a mentor: Moodling to mull over your thoughts in preparation for writing-- an important part of the work of the writer which to non-writers looks like laziness, as if you're sitting around doing nothing.
Next time a non-writer types accuses of laziness, daydreaming or general sloth, reply politely,
but firmly, "I'm moodling.")
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