Patricia brennan demuth biography of william

Patricia Brennan Demuth: Children's Book Author

Patricia grew up in little Iowa town with a big family and imagination. After college, she moved to the Big Apple (New York, New York) where imaginations could feast.

Patricia did her first book there with her husband, photographer Jack Demuth, on the life of a mounted police horse (CITY HORSE, Dodd, Mead). They shadowed 5-year-old Hannon, who had grown up in quiet green pastures in Tennessee, as he braved the dizzying turmoil of New York City streets, rolled in his first snowfall, and galloped on Coney Island beaches for exercise.

Patricia brennan demuth biography of william

From midtown Manhattan, Patricia moved with her family to an Illinois farm where she and Jack spent an entire year documenting the life of a farm kid (JOEL GROWING UP A FARM MAN, Dodd Mead).

Then, to Patricia's surprise and delight, a mischievous rhyming parrot chirped its way into her imagination.

Who could resist him? Not Patricia. She wrote her first picture book, MAX THE BAD-TALKING PARROT