It was quite a revelation to discover that the tales I’d been dreaming up forever could actually be turned into books. While organizing exhibits on subjects ranging from Elvis Presley to Monty Python, I began to experiment with writing my own stories. On graduation I returned to New York, where I learned to explain Semiotics on job interviews (“It’s the study of signs and systems of meaning!”) and to apply my knowledge in a very enjoyable career at a television museum. I came back to the States to earn a bachelor’s degree in Semiotics from Brown University and begin a journey into the world of trans-Atlantic accents that I have still not fully emerged from. I grew up as a Brit and traveled extensively in Europe during my only-slightly-misspent formative years. I was born in Manhattan but my family moved to London when I was six months old, toting me along in a cat basket. My love of daydreaming earned me the nickname “Dozy Duck” in Kindergarten, and I still consider staring into space to be a constructive activity. I always loved to draw as well as write and as a child I drew graphic novellas featuring penniless but plucky Cinderella heroines. "I’ve been making up stories since the day I was born. Jennifer Lewis is the USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty books, which have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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