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Laurie Halse Anderson

Author of Speak

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Laurie Halse Anderson was born in Potsdam, New York on October 23, 1961. She received a B.S.L.L. in Languages and Linguistics from Georgetown University in 1984. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a freelance reporter. Her first book, Ndito Runs, was published in 1996. She has written numerous books for children including Turkey Pox, No Time for Mother's Day, Fever 1793, Speak, Catalyst, Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution, Chains and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She also created the Wild at Heart series, which was originally published by American Girl but is now called the Vet Volunteers series and is published by Penguin Books for Young Readers. Anderson has been nominated and won multiple honorary awards for her literary work. For the masterpiece Speak, Anderson won the Printz Honor Book Award, a National Book Award nomination, Golden Kite award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her book Fever 1793 won the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults selection and the Junior Library Guild selection. In 2008, Chains was selected for the National Book Award Finalist and in 2009 was awarded for its Historical Fiction the Scott O'Dell Award. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Speak… (more)

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Seeds of America

Vet Volunteers

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Works by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak 14,587 copies, 714 reviews

Fever 1793 6,127 copies, 236 reviews

Wintergirls 3,980 copies, 301 reviews

Chains 3,884 copies, 213 reviews

Twisted 2,514 copies, 139 reviews

Catalyst 2,030 copies, 57 reviews

The Impossible Knife of Memory 1,332 copies, 83 reviews

Forge 1,279 copies, 39 reviews

Prom 1,117 copies, 49 reviews

SHOUT 850 copies, 32 reviews

Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving 778 copies, 34 reviews

Fight for Life 673 copies, 5 reviews

Ashes 644 copies, 14 reviews

Speak: The Graphic Novel 554 copies, 32 reviews

Homeless 504 copies, 3 reviews

Say Good-Bye 273 copies

Trickster 272 copies, 2 reviews

Storm Rescue 261 copies, 2 reviews

Manatee Blues 252 copies, 1 review

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the… 193 copies, 16 reviews

Teacher's Pet 185 copies

The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School 151 copies, 15 reviews

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed 137 copies, 12 reviews

Time to Fly 131 copies

Acting Out 81 copies

Trapped 79 copies

Fear of Falling 76 copies

New Beginnings 69 copies, 1 review

Masks 56 copies

Wonder Women of History 45 copies, 5 reviews

End of the Race 44 copies

No Time for Mother's Day 39 copies

Turkey Pox 38 copies

Ndito Runs 36 copies

The Seeds of America Trilogy: Chains; Forge; Ashes 26 copies

The Big Cheese of Third Street 19 copies, 5 reviews

#01 - 04, #09 17 copies

Treading Water 14 copies

Helping Hands 12 copies

Left Behind 11 copies

A Ticket to Saudi Arabia 8 copies

Saudi Arabia 7 copies

Wild at Heart: Adventures in the Animal Clinic (Fight for Life, Homeless,… 5 copies

Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth 4 copies, 1 review

DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults Sneak Previews: Wonder Woman: Tempest… 3 copies, 1 review

Mluv 3 copies

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed Wonder Woman Day Special Edition (2021) #1 3 copies

Wintergirls[WINTERGIRLS][Paperback] 3 copies

Catalyst; Wintergirls; Speak 1 copy

Σπάσε τη σιωπή : αν μπορούσα μόνο να βρω… 1 copy

Wonder Woman präsentiert: Die wunderbaren Frauen dieser Welt 1 copy

The Epilogue 1 copy

Thanks you sarah, the woman who saved thanksgiving 1 copy

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Also by Laurie Halse Anderson

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World (Contributor) 252 copies, 13 reviews

Love & Sex (Contributor) 68 copies, 3 reviews

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (Contributor) 44 copies

Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets (Contributor) 38 copies

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Anderson, Laurie Beth Halse

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1961-10-23

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Potsdam, New York, USA

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Syracuse, New York, USA

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Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Onondaga Community College

Georgetown University

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writer

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Margaret A. Edwards Award (2009)

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2023)

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