The author has said that writing the debut novel of the series “The Rizzlerunk Club” had been something she wanted to do for a very long time. One of Leslie Patricelli’s most popular works over the years has been “The Rizzlerunk Club.” These are works full of verve as they delve into the follies, friendships and fun that characterize school life in the fourth grade. She has said that everything from how children rejected certain foods, toddler passion and extreme focus, intense emotions and curiosity is usually fertile fodder for her books. She gets much of her inspiration from watching children and in fact one of her works is inspired by Beck, her son who was then only a year old. She has now made a career for herself as an illustrator and children’s book author, two careers that have earned her legions of fans across the world. Patricelli was so flabbergasted, that she went back and changed her answers so that it would recommend graphic design, that was the closest thing to cartoonist or children’s book writer on the list. In her high school years, she took a multiple choice career test which recommended that she was best suited to taking forestry. As a child, she loved writing stories and drawing cartoons and by the time she was in the seventh grade, she was considering a career as an artist.

She was inspired to become an illustrator and graphic storyteller by her grandmother who was a pastel artist.

Leslie Patricelli is a Children’s Books, Humor and Comedy, and Comics author.

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