One day, her son brought home a funny book written by Judy Blume. Barbara did try teaching just a little bit, but she discovered she did not enjoy it. He was in the Air Force, and she stayed home to raise their two boys, Steven and David. Barbara never thought back then that she would be a writer.īut after college, Barbara married Richard Park. She thought she might be able to add some humor to dull science classes. In high school and college, she studied to be a teacher. This was not a cool thing to have happen as her dad was then president of the school board! She also loved to read comic books. In fact, she got sent to the principal's office for talking too much. Whenever she thought of something funny, she would just blurt it out to share with everyone in the room. Young Barbara was the class clown in elementary school. Mount Holly was a small town, surrounded by farms. Barbara Tidwell was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, on April 21, 1947.
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