Lee Harper Revealed
About Lee Harper
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What is your birthdate?:12/7
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Previous occupations:Picture Framer
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Favorite job:Picture Book Illustrator
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High school and/or college:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Mozart
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Favorite movie:Anything by Monty Python
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Favorite television show:Big Bang Theory
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Father, husband, artist, friend, and lover of life
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Always do your best.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Getting some kind of horribly painful terminal illness
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. On top of a mountain overlooking the sea on a clear, cool day
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Turn off the TV and play outside!
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not achieving up to my potential in grade school
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. The ability to fly
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Being a good father to my children.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Disorganized thinking
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Thoughtfulness
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. An Otter
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. I'm pretty quiet
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Underdog
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Plankton
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Painting!
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Football player
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Pizza (with whatever toppings I want!)
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Snow! Snow! Snow!?
- A. I love to go sledding with my children and it seemed only natural that I should make a story about it. SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! actually started out as a series of pictures painted in watercolor very quickly over the coarse of a week. The words came later.
- Q. How did you come to write Snow! Snow! Snow!?
- A. I love to go sledding with my children and it seemed only natural that I should make a story about it. SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! actually started out as a series of pictures painted in watercolor very quickly over the coarse of a week. The words came later.
