Peter Aronson
I am a lawyer, journalist and, now, a children’s book author living in New York City with my wife, Emily, and two teenage daughters. A few years ago, Irealized my daughters and their friends were reading mostly fantasy, dystopian-type novels. With the real world so rich with the good, the bad and the unbelievable, I found this to be sad. I thought kids should be reading more reality-based books. So I decided to start writing books for kids focusing on real-world people or issues – either...