Laurie Halse Anderson
Author of Speak
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
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Series
Works by Laurie Halse Anderson
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution (2008) 198 copies
Wild at Heart: Adventures in the Animal Clinic (Fight for Life, Homeless, Trickster) (2000) 5 copies
DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults Sneak Previews: Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed (2020-) #1 (2020) 3 copies
Catalyst; Wintergirls; Speak 1 copy
The Epilogue 1 copy
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Anderson, Laurie Beth Halse
- Birthdate
- 1961-10-23
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Potsdam, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Education
- Fayetteville-Manlius High School
Onondaga Community College
Georgetown University - Occupations
- writer
- Awards and honors
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (2009)
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2023)
Members
Discussions
(M94'12) Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson in World Reading Circle (January 2013)
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Five star books (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Best Young Adult (3)
Youth: Poetry (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 50
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 44,361
- Popularity
- #374
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2,032
- ISBNs
- 650
- Languages
- 19
- Favorited
- 112