On the 9th of September, a very special person was going to be visiting our school. That person is Ella West! This was possible because the students who were reading 'Night Vision' and 'Rain Fall'. Had an opportunity to communicate with Ella West. Now she is visiting our school! I was really exited even if I haven't read the book yet, but it was because it was my first time having an author talk to us.
Anyways If you have no idea who she is, I will gladly tell you information about her. Firstly she is an author, she has published a lot of books including 'Night Vision' and 'Rain Fall'. She has also made a series of books that are called thieves, it was also her first book that she has ever published. But Night Vision was probably her most famous book, because it won awards and it also had 40,000 words! Rain Fall however had 50,000 words, she is currently writing a new novel which is called 'Sound of my Heart'. When she writes a novel, she tries to have about 1,000 words. Meaning if 'Rain Fall' had 50,000 words, then it probably took 50 days to make it. Although she still needs to send it to her publisher which might take more days.
When she started writing 'Night Vision' and 'Rain Fall', she got the idea from a documentary that talked about a disease. She also talked about her dog being in the story, he was called Jim. Anyways she used that idea and used it to write 'Night Vision', 'Rain Fall' was based on real people and places. Unfortunately when she publishes her books, it gets published in Australia instead of New Zealand. That's why she can't get on the top authors of New Zealand. Her name also isn't Ella West, she just uses that name because she said it sounds cooler but we now know her real name. Anyways that's all I hope you know more about Ella a West.
