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From Children’s Book to Film Filmmaker & Author Mikael Bjorn
What happens when a filmmaker brings nearly two decades of visual storytelling experience into writing books for children?
In this episode of Beyond the Book with JoAnn Dickinson, I’m joined by children’s author and filmmaker Mikael Bjorn, creator of Hugo the Sock Bandit and Russell’s Grandma.
Mikael shares how his background in filmmaking and screenwriting influences the way he writes, why he sees his stories playing out like movies in his head, and what he discovered when he adapted Hugo the Sock Bandit from a book into a screenplay.
We also explore the wonderfully imaginative world behind…
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