Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
When Paulsen was 14, he ran away and joined a carnival. At 17, he joined the army by forging his father's signature on the paperwork. We'd call that the start of a pretty interesting life. (Source)
The author gets a lot of fan mail—up to 400 letters a day. His general advice to kids? Read like a wolf eats. Devour books ravenously. We're pretty sure he doesn't mean literally. That would be gross. (Source)
Paulsen was one of the writers on the 1960s television series Mission: Impossible. (Source)
The author drinks about eight Diet Pepsis every day. Is that the secret to publishing a new book every few months? (Source)