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I’ll Take “Children’s Authors” for $1000, Alex.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 30, 2009 |

As a regular watcher of Jeopardy, I’ve always been fascinated by the variety of contestants. I’ve even been told that I should be on Jeopardy by people who, for whatever reason, seem to think I’m much more well-informed than I actually am. And I’ll admit that very frequently when I watch it I’m surprised to find myself answering as many as four or five questions correctly, which makes me think that if I ever happen to be in beautiful downtown Burbank I should try out for the show. But of course I know what will happen to me. At home I do fine because I’m not under any pressure, and I’m only answering the questions I’m really certain I know the answers to. Let’s face it: I could have degrees from Cambridge or Oxford if they offered courses of study in sleeping, snack chips, or Sumerian mythology. Okay, I’m kidding: I probably couldn’t tell one snack chip from another. If I got on Jeopardy the categories would be “Q”Riffic (notice the “Q” in quotation marks), Calculus, French Historical Figures, Sing Along With John Fogerty, Generic Pharmaceutical Formulas, and, just for good measure, a special category called Eight Things You Couldn’t Possibly Know.  

This week, however, it was especially exciting to see a children’s author competing alongside the plumbers, architects, and others. Tui Sutherland swept away the competition for a few shows before sadly being just edged out last night (at least in my area–I hope I haven’t spoiled it for anyone else).

Having checked out Ms. Sutherland’s blog, I think next I may be checking out some of her books as well. Her Pet Trouble series has some titles I can relate to–particularly Loudest Beagle On The Block. I can only imagine what she’ll do with Dalmatians. They have been known to get into a spot of trouble, you know. Actually her Avatars Trilogy, which consists of So This Is How It Ends (an intriguing title for the first book of a trilogy), Shadow Falling, and the recently released Kingdom Of Twilight, looks slightly more up my alley. However the main thing is I’d like to congratulate Ms. Sutherland on her success on Jeopardy.


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