Little Boy Blue, in particular, draws heavily on Bunker's own life as a young man.

She continues to draw the curtain on her private life.

"To me it has become a wonderful resource that I have drawn on all my life."

Nigel always worked best when he drew on his own life.

And, drawing on my earlier life, when I worked as a bartender in a large hotel: hotel staff misbehavior.

Drawing on his life in Europe, he wrote "Paris."

Eventually he is forced to draw on his own life: "Eva says I have bad breath."

That Simenon drew feverishly on his life for his art is clear.

Rodriguez is not the first athlete to write a children's book that seems to draw on his professional life.

For her early books, she drew on her own life.