James howe author biography for books

American children's writer

For other people named James Howe, see James Howe (disambiguation).

James Howe (born August 2, 1946) is an American children's writer who has written more than 79 juvenile and young adult fiction books.

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He is best known for the Bunnicula series about a vampire rabbit that sucks the juice out of vegetables.

Biography

Howe was born in Oneida, New York. At the age of nine or ten, Howe wrote a play based on the "Blondie" comic strip as well as a variety of short stories and self-published newspapers. Of the latter his favorite is The Gory Gazette which he made for a self-founded club, Vampire Legion.^[1]

Howe continued to write plays during his theater studies at Boston University, and eventually moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actor and model while directing plays and working as a literary agent.^{[citation needed]}

In the mid-1970s, Howe's mother-in-law encouraged him and his wife, Deborah Howe, to James Thomas Howe: books, biography, latest update - DOV