Home Work by Julie Andrews

Author:Julie Andrews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: None
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

I FINALLY FINISHED my first complete draft of Mandy. Since I had written it all longhand, I gave it to my assistant, Joan, to type up, and sent a copy to my dad, asking if he would be kind enough to give it a quick proofread for me. I received a long list of corrections from him, which taught me a great deal about grammar, punctuation, and syntax. Blake lovingly drew four illustrations for the story in black-and-white, and I presented a leather-bound copy to Jenny—thinking that I had fulfilled my promise and that would be that.

My agent asked to read the manuscript, and unbeknownst to me, he submitted it to Harper & Row. I was astonished when he told me that the legendary Ursula Nordstrom, editor in chief of the children’s division, liked the story enough to acquire it. Before I knew it, I was revising and editing in accordance with Ursula’s suggestions, which took another year. It was a thrilling day indeed when the book was officially published on October 28, 1971. I opted to use “Julie Edwards” as my pen name, since if it hadn’t been for Blake’s encouragement, I never would have written the book in the first place. I’m proud to say that Mandy remains in print to this day.

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