Editing Paula Danziger (section)

== Writing career ==
Danziger's debut novel was ''[[The Cat Ate My Gymsuit]]'', whose characters were largely based on her childhood experiences. She continued writing books for teens through the 1980s, expanding to books for younger readers with the Amber Brown series, whose protagonist is based on Danziger's niece Carrie.<ref name="pieinthesky" /> She frequently gave lectures and speeches, wearing elaborate costumes and calling herself a children's [[Dame Edna Everage]]. She is quoted as saying that her alternative career choice would have been to be a comedian.<ref name="nytobit" />

She collaborated with [[Ann M. Martin]] twice, with ''[[P.S. Longer Letter Later]]'' (1998) and ''[[Snail Mail No More]]'' (2000).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Ann M.|date=April 2000|title=An Interview With Ann and Her Friend Paula Danziger!|url=http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/letters/2000-04.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227022341/http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/letters/2000-04.htm|archive-date=December 27, 2007|access-date=1 Sep 2012|website=Letters from Ann|publisher=Scholastic}}</ref> The two would send correspondence to each other as if they were the main characters.<ref name=":0" />

Paula Danziger and her fellow author [[Bruce Coville]] read their work to each other over the phone beginning in 1992,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staino|first1=Rocco|title=Interview: Coville, Levy on Co-Writing New 'Amber Brown'|url=https://www.slj.com/2012/08/interviews/interview-coville-levy-on-co-writing-new-amber-brown/|access-date=19 Feb 2018|work=School Library Journal|date=13 Aug 2012}}</ref> continuing for over a decade as a two-person writers' group<ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=6 Sep 2004|title=Paula Danziger Remembered|work=Publishers Weekly|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/32633-paula-danziger-remembered.html|access-date=19 Feb 2018}}</ref> and later including author [[Elizabeth Levy]]. Following Danziger's passing, Coville and Levy continued her ''Amber Brown'' series, beginning with ''Amber Brown is Tickled Pink'' (2012), which told the story of the [[remarriage]] of the title character's mother.<ref name="publishersweekly">{{cite magazine |last1=Lodge |first1=Sally |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/52101-paula-danziger-s-best-friends-revive-amber-brown.html |title=Paula's Danziger's Best Friends Revive Amber Brown Series|date=24 May 2012 |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=14 Aug 2012}}</ref>