Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author, and she is a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper. On her website, she tells her young readers that she “moonlights as an actor, photographer, and closet organizer”.
She was born in Santa Monica, California, and later married actor Christopher Guest and became the “Lady Haden-Guest” when her husband inherited the Barony of Haden-Guest in 1996, upon the passing of his father.
Working with illustrator Laura Cornell, Curtis has written a number of children’s books, all published by HarperCollins Children’s Books:
- When I Was Little: A Four-Year Old’s Memoir of Her Youth (1993)
- Tell Me Again About The Night I was Born (1996)
- Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day (1998)
- Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery (2000)
- I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem (2002)
- It’s Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel (2004)
- Is There Really a Human Race? (2006)
- Big Words for Little People (2008)
- My Friend Jay (2009)
- My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story (2010)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell’s books treat important childhood themes – communication, self-awareness, self-control, self-esteem, imagination, feelings, family, and personal identity – in approachable and developmentally appropriate ways for young readers and listeners.
Jamie Lee Curtis is the spokesperson for two children’s charities, i.e. the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation and the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation. Jamie lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Laura Cornell is the national best-selling illustrator of Jamie Lee Curtis’s books and is also a cartoonist, whose work has appeared in many publications, including Forbes Magazine, The New York Times, Seventeen, and Sports Illustrated. Born and raised in California, Laura now lives in New York City.
