First Words

This unique literary anthology presents the childhood writings of some of America’s greatest authors—including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates and more. Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created  Carrie , he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, the detective in John Updike's hard-boiled mystery, written at fourteen. Before  Jurassic Park , there was young Michael Crichto