Birthdays: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Esther Forbes (1891), Eric Ambler (1909), A.E. Hotchner (1920), Bette Greene (1934), Mark Helprin (1947), Deborah Moggach (1948), Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952), Jane Ransom (1958), Asa Larsson (1966), Aimee Bender (1969), Tom Merritt (1970)

Luigi Pirandello won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Ester Forbes won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for History for her biography of Paul Revere, but she is best known for her children’s novel “Johnny Tremain”

Eric Ambler’s spy works like “The Mask of Dimitrios” was the basis for several movies including “The Pink Panther”.

Jean-Christophe Rufin was a French novelist and co-founder of Doctors without Borders.

Quote: “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Tip: Do not plagiarize another author’s work. EVER.

Jumpstart: Write an excuse to the writing principal about why you didn’t write today. Make it plausible.