Name	Lloyd Alexander (Lloyd Chudley Alexander)
Age	85
Date of Birth	January 30, 1924
Birthplace	Philadelphia, PA
Star Sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
High School	Upper Darby High School, Upper Darby, PA
University	University of Paris
Occupation	Novelist
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Claim to Fame	The Chronicles of Prydain
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Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it`s one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.

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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

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If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

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After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

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Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

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King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle`s cane for the sword Excalibur.

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I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.

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I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

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When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States.

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My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

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I loved all the world`s mythologies.

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All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

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It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

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There`s this huge number of desperate people.

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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

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We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

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My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.

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