The Grooming of Alice - Hardcover

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has been writing the Alice books since 1985 when The Agony of Alice was published. The reason these books are so hard -- and so easy -- to write, she says, so entertaining and embarrassing both, is because she sees herself not only in Alice, but in Pamela and Elizabeth, too. There were times in her growing-up years when she did incredibly stupid things, times she took chances and was proud of herself, and times she wished the day could be erased forever from memory.

She writes for both children and adults, and is the author of over one hundred books, including The Agony of Alice; Alice in Rapture, Sort Of; Reluctantly Alice; All but Alice; Alice in April; Alice In-Between; Alice the Brave; Alice in Lace; Outrageously Alice; Achingly Alice, and Alice on the Outside. Her book Shiloh was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1992.