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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 14,162 copies, 711 reviews

Fever 1793 5,968 copies, 239 reviews

Wintergirls 3,890 copies, 298 reviews

Chains 3,733 copies, 213 reviews

Twisted 2,479 copies, 138 reviews

Catalyst 2,006 copies, 56 reviews

The Impossible Knife of Memory 1,293 copies, 83 reviews

Forge 1,236 copies, 38 reviews

Prom 1,107 copies, 47 reviews

SHOUT 803 copies, 33 reviews

Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving 744 copies, 34 reviews

Fight for Life 645 copies, 5 reviews

Ashes 613 copies, 13 reviews

Speak: The Graphic Novel 528 copies, 33 reviews

Homeless 490 copies, 3 reviews

Trickster 261 copies, 2 reviews

Say Good-Bye 260 copies

Storm Rescue 255 copies, 2 reviews

Manatee Blues 236 copies, 1 review

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the… 189 copies, 16 reviews

Teacher's Pet 178 copies

The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School 147 copies, 15 reviews

Time to Fly 128 copies

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed 127 copies, 12 reviews

Trapped 76 copies

Acting Out 75 copies

Fear of Falling 75 copies

New Beginnings 65 copies, 1 review

Masks 50 copies

End of the Race 41 copies

Wonder Women of History 40 copies, 6 reviews

No Time for Mother's Day 38 copies

Ndito Runs 37 copies

Turkey Pox 36 copies

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

The Big Cheese of Third Street 20 copies, 4 reviews

#01 - 04, #09 15 copies

Treading Water 13 copies

Left Behind 11 copies

Helping Hands 11 copies

A Ticket to Saudi Arabia 7 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

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

Wintergirls[WINTERGIRLS][Paperback] 2 copies

Mluv 2 copies

Thanks you sarah, the woman who saved thanksgiving 1 copy

Catalyst; Wintergirls; Speak 1 copy

The Epilogue 1 copy

Wonder Woman präsentiert: Die wunderbaren Frauen dieser Welt 1 copy

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

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Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World (Contributor) 246 copies, 13 reviews

Love & Sex (Contributor) 68 copies, 3 reviews

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains (Contributor) 42 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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