Sara Latta

• Gender: Female
• Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
• Occupation: children's book writer
• Location: Champaign : IL : United States

About Me

Random thoughts about writing, books, and current events from a childrens' book writer.

Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?

Because I haven't tasted pennies since I was young enough to lose teeth.

Interests

• reading
• running
• baking
• gardening

Favorite Movies

• Il Postino
• Boys on the Side
• When Harry Met Sally
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Crooks and Liars
• Whale Rider
• The Secret of Roan Inish
• Pan's Labyrinth

Favorite Music

• The Cat Empire
• Ben Harper
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• The Dixie Chicks
• M.I.A.
• Mariza
• Mark Knopfler
• Ryan Adams
• The Jayhawks
• Shawn Mullins
• YoYo Ma.

Favorite Books

• Moby Dick
• Huckleberry Finn
• Arctic Dreams
• Charlotte's Web
• Lolita
• Evidence of Things Unseen: A Novel
• My Side of the Mountain
• The Call of the Wild
• Canterbury Tales
• One Hundred Years of Solitude
• PrairyErth
• The Collected Poems
• Playboy of the Western World
• Lord of the Flies
• The Golden Compass
• Ender's Game
• Everything is Illuminated
• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
• Lives of a Cell
• The Mists of Avalon
• The French Lieutenant's Woman
• The Time Traveler's Wife
• Winnie the Pooh
• In the Night Kitchen
• The Road
• King Dork