![]() And, most important, a writer needs to fall in love. Your stories then become a celebration of those observations. Today, Woodruff believes that “what you have to do as a writer is to feel, look, and listen. I’d sit behind the wheel, my head barely reaching the steering wheel and pretend that I was on the open road, off on some grand adventure to faraway places like Long Island, or Jersey City.” She recalls, “my father was a truck driver and I would love to sit in his truck and imagine all the places he’d been. After working for several years in the children’s room of a library, Woodruff began writing professionally at the age of 35, and hasn’t stopped since.Įlvira Woodruff has always had a great imagination. She has also worked as a receptionist, a janitor, a window dresser, a gardener, a shop owner, an assistant librarian, a waitress, and a storyteller. ![]() In fact, one of her first jobs after leaving college was driving an ice cream truck. Well-known for her popular children’s stories, author Elvira Woodruff had a long route to becoming a writer. ![]()
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