Background
Ferber was born Brenda Gail Aaronson in Skokie, Illinois, on April 23, 1967, the third of four children. She grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, where her father practiced medicine and her mother, an artist, taught art
Ferber was born Brenda Gail Aaronson in Skokie, Illinois, on April 23, 1967, the third of four children. She grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, where her father practiced medicine and her mother, an artist, taught art
University of Michigan.
She is an alumna of the University of Michigan. Ferber discovered Judy Blume"s books in elementary school and decided right then to become a children's book author, too—a dream that took some years to realize. After college and while raising three children, Brenda found being around kids and books reignited her old writing fantasy.
She determined to give it a shot no matter how bad the odds of success were.
When she took her first formal writing class, she had three toddlers at home. She hired a sitter so she could have a few precious hours each week in which to write.
She started out writing stories that were accepted by Ladybug magazine and several picture book manuscripts that collected 130 rejection letters over the course of three years. The manuscript was accepted for publication by Farrar Straus & Giroux, which published the book as in 2006.
"A Cheer for Charlie" - Ladybug, June 2006 "The One with the Freckle" - Ladybug, September 2006.