Laurie Halse Anderson
Né(e): October 23, 1961 – Potsdam, New York, United States
Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author of young adult and children’s literature whose work explores adolescence, trauma, resilience, and history. She is best known for Speak, along with Fever 1793 and Chains. A National Book Award finalist and Margaret A. Edwards Award recipient, she has been widely taught in schools.
Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur
Laurie Halse Anderson grew up in upstate New York in a family that moved often and lived with limited means, and she has said that books became her refuge early. After attending Fayetteville-Manlius High School and spending her senior year in Denmark as an exchange student, she enrolled at Onondaga Community College, where encouraging English professors helped redirect her sense of herself as a student. She graduated in 1981 with a humanities degree, transferred to Georgetown University, and carried forward the discipline and confidence that would later anchor her writing life. ((https://www.sunyocc.edu/news/stories-inspiration-laurie-halse-anderson-81))
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Voix de la Communauté
"Laurie Halse Anderson is one of America’s foremost writers for young adults"
— Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
"Laurie Halse Anderson masterfully gives voice to teen characters finding the courage to be true to themselves"
— David Mowery
"It’s been 10 years since Laurie Halse Anderson burst onto the literary scene with her powerful debut novel, Speak"
— BookPage
"In her tightly written novels, Laurie Halse Anderson gives voice to the search for meaning, identity, and truth"
— Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
"John Green called Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak “one of the first seriously good books published for teenagers to be read widely by them."
— John Green
"Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times best-selling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults"
— Poets & Writers
"These gripping and exceptionally well-written novels by Laurie Halse Anderson reflect the growing realities facing teens"
— American Library Association
"For nearly 30 years, Laurie Halse Anderson has been writing highly acclaimed books for young people of all ages"
— Publishers Weekly
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