Chatterbox: Blab About Books

I was just reading the author's and artist's corner, and I found out the Frederic S. Durbin, author of The Star Shard, went to Concordia in River Forest!

River Forest, where I live, is a tiny town just off Chicago, but we all say we're from Chicago because nobody has ever heard of us. (But, suprisingly, a lot of people have heard of Oak Park. Have you heard of Oak Park?)

Also Joan Bauer, author of Rules of the Road and Hope Was Here, went to the same middle school as I do right now.

Any famous author's or semi-famous authors or just amazing authors from your town