Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Open Road authors Fred Bowen, Tomie dePaola, Mack Maloney, and Sue Harrison speak about the teachers who meant the most to them and inspired them to become writers. Sue Harrison says, "I wrote a poem, and Mrs. Hopkins hung it on the bulletin board. And I thought, 'Wow! If I can get my poem hung on the bulletin board in the fifth grade classroom at Pickford Grade School, watch out New York City, here I come! Going to be a bestselling author!'"
Open Road authors Fred Bowen, Tomie dePaola, Mack Maloney, and Sue Harrison speak about the teachers who meant the most to them and inspired them to become writers. Sue Harrison says, "I wrote a poem, and Mrs. Hopkins hung it on the bulletin board. And I thought, 'Wow! If I can get my poem hung on the bulletin board in the fifth grade classroom at Pickford Grade School, watch out New York City, here I come! Going to be a bestselling author!'"
