In an interview, when asked where he got his ideas, Andrew Clements responded with the following:
"Most of my ideas grow out of my own experience. I've got a good big pile of memories that I dig through when I'm looking for something new to write about. And I'll find a moment, or a conversation, or an event, or a person, and I'll begin writing and see where it leads to. For example, a lot of people have thought that I must have started to write The Report Card about tests and grades. But I didn't. I began that story by thinking about the one or two really, really, really smart kids - try genius kids - that I knew when I was a teacher for seven years. And I thought it would be interesting to tell a story from the point of view of a person like that. And when I began telling that story, after about four months of writing, the character ran into the question of tests and grades. So a book changes as I write it, but most of the ideas come from my own experiences."
His full name is Andrew Elborn Clements.
All authors get story ideas from the same place - see the link.
Andrew Clements parents are Martha and John Clements :)
Andrew Clements has 3 children
Andrew Clements
No, Andrew Clements is not single.
Andrew Clements is still alive.
Andrew Clements is married to his wife, Rebecca.Andrew Clements' wife is named Rebecca Pierpont Clements.
Andrew Clements does not have a son named Ray.
Andrew Clements' wife is named Rebecca Pierpont Clements.
Yes, Andrew Clements died on November 28, 2019
Andrew Clements has 4 brothers.