Updated: 5/1/2000
Copyright 2000. Jerdine Nolen.
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I
was born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. But, I grew up
Chicago, Illinois, along with five sisters and two brothers.
Growing up in such a large family, I had to have a good
sense of humor -- to make up for a lack of space. We all did
funny things -- but my father said I was 'right
witty."
Jerdine
Nolen can't remember a time when she wasn't writing and
collecting words. While she was growing up, being bored was
out of the question since, if she or one of her siblings
told their parents they were bored, their parents were sure
to find work for them to do. Jerdine Nolen loves everything
about writing -- right down to the sound her pencil makes as
it travels across the page. She says that sometimes young
people think its weird when she says she loves having her
stories edited and critiqued by her editor. She tells them
that when her editor edits or speaks to her about revising
she says she feels like someone cares about her work as much
as she does. Jerdine Nolen 
lives
near Baltimore, Maryland with her husband and their two
children.
Jerdine Nolen notes that it seemed like it took forever before Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm was finally published. But, it was worth the wait. She tells young people:
...things don't always happen overnight -- you do the work, and then you wait, sort of like waiting for the holidays or birthdays or seeds to sprout. She usually autographs copies of Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm pretty much the same way:
Hold
fast to your dreams as you would your balloons!
Jerdine
Nolen's works are filled with wonderful impossibilities and
magical imagination. For example, it's amazing how an
innocent Sunday-before-supper walk could lead to a baby
dragon in Raising Dragons. She autographs Raising
Dragons
...because dragons too seldom share our lives.
Jerdine Nolen , Award winning Author, Wife and Mommy, Educator, English Language Arts Specialist, Title I Specialist, Family Involvement Specialist, Friendly Spirit shares her love of books with students, teachers, parents, and people of all ages in her Time With the Author Program
She has been honored by the children of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Arizona, Washington, and Indiana who selected Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm as a favorite book.