Editing Paula Danziger (section)

=== Education and early career ===
The Danziger family lived in [[Nutley, New Jersey]], and [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania]], before settling in [[Metuchen, New Jersey]], when Paula was in sixth grade.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Manelius |first1=Lauren |title=Paula Danziger|url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Danziger__Paula|website=Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania|publisher=Pennsylvania Center for the Book|access-date=19 Feb 2018}}</ref> In an interview with ''BookPage'', she said: "At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful. I just didn't feel [my family] was supportive and emotionally generous. My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother [was] very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood."<ref name="pieinthesky">{{cite news|last1=Cary|first1=Alice|title=Paula Danziger: Pie in the sky dreams|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8482-paula-danziger|access-date=19 February 2018|work=BookPage|date=Feb 1996}}</ref> She graduated from [[Metuchen High School]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/222704424/ "Pros tell novices of happy ending in children's books"], ''[[Courier News]]'', October 1, 1984. Accessed February 19, 2018. "A graduate of Metuchen High School, Danziger has authored four best-selling children's books, including ''The Cat Ate My Gym Suit.''"</ref>

She was encouraged to study nursing in college but instead studied to become a teacher at [[Montclair State University]], where she was mentored by poet [[John Ciardi]].<ref name="pieinthesky" /> After earning a bachelor's degree in education, Danziger taught junior high school English while pursuing a master's degree.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Woo|first1=Elaine|title=Paula Danziger, 59; Wrote Novels for Teens|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-10-me-danziger10-story.html|access-date=19 Feb 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=10 Jul 2004}}</ref> After being injured in an automobile accident, she had trouble writing, as she was only able to write backwards. She was able to regain the ability to write normally, but she remained able to write backwards for the rest of her life. This sequence of events prompted her to do what she really want to do in life; she began writing.<ref>The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, "A Note From Paula" (foreword), Puffin Books, 2014. {{ISBN|9780142406540}}.</ref>

Following the success of ''The Cat Ate My Gymsuit'', Danziger left teaching to write full-time in 1978. She maintained homes in New York City and in [[Bearsville, New York]]. For several years, she had a flat in London, where she was known for presenting a regular item about children's literature on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC's]] Saturday-morning show ''[[Live & Kicking]]'' in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Children's author Danziger dies|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3882825.stm|work=BBC News|date=10 Jul 2004}}</ref>