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Education
1979 – Høng Studenter og HF-Kursus, Høng,
Denmark
1979 - Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Manlius, NY
1981 – A.A., Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
1984 – B.S.L.L., Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Work
1989 – 1992 – Reporter, The Record and The Philadelphia
Inquirer
1992 – 1998 – Freelance Reporter for trade journals
1998 – today – Full-time author and speaker
Honors
2002 Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel U. Children’s
Literature Citation
2004 Fayetteville-Manlius Hall of Distinction
Member
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
Authors Guild
Organization of American Historians
Personal
Mother of four: Stephanie, a college junior, Jessica, a college
sophomore, Meredith, a college freshman, and Christian, an eighth-grader.
Wife of one, Scot Larrabee.
Passions: sleep, American history, and advocating for children
and teenagers.
Publications
Speak,
pub. by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Fall, 1999. Audiobook,
Spring, 2000. Paperback pub. Puffin, April 2001. Film version
– Fred Berner Films, Jessica Sharzer, director, release
9/2005 on Showtime and Lifetime cable. DVD. Translated into
Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish,
Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Thai. Published in England,
Hodder, 2001.
National Awards
ttttttttttttt• ALA Best
Book for Young Adults
ttttttttttttt• ALA Top-10
Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA 100 Best of the Best
ttttttttttttt• Edgar Allan
Poe Award finalist
ttttttttttttt• IRA Young
Adult Choice
ttttttttttttt• Junior Library
Guild Selection
ttttttttttttt• Michael L.
Printz Honor Book (American Library Association)
ttttttttttttt• National Book
Award Finalist
ttttttttttttt• New York Public
Library Book for the Teen Age
ttttttttttttt• New York Times
Bestseller
ttttttttttttt• SCBWI Golden
Kite Award
ttttttttttttt• YALSA Popular
Paperback for Young Adults
ttttttttttttt• YALSA Quick
Pick for Young Adults
State Awards
NEW! 2005 New York Reads Together book
ttttttttttttt• Black-Eyed
Susan Book Award nominee (Maryland)
ttttttttttttt• California
Young Reader Medal nominee
ttttttttttttt• Carolyn W.
Field Award (Pennsylvania)
ttttttttttttt• Evergreen
Young Adult Book Award (Washington)
ttttttttttttt• Garden State
Teen Book Award (New Jersey)
ttttttttttttt• Heartland
Award (Kansas)
ttttttttttttt• Iowa Teen
Book Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Kentucky Bluegrass
Award
ttttttttttttt• Rhode Island
Teen Book Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• South Carolina
Young Adult Book Award
ttttttttttttt• Volunteer
State Young Adult Book Award (Tennessee)
•
TAYSHAS High School Reading List (Texas Library Association)
Bookseller and Media Recognition
ttttttttttttt• Booklist
Editors’ Choice
ttttttttttttt• School Library
Journal Best Book of the Year
ttttttttttttt• Bulletin of
the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book
ttttttttttttt• Fanfare, The
Horn Book’s Honor List
ttttttttttttt• Los Angeles
Times Award finalist
ttttttttttttt• Publishers
Weekly Bestseller
Catalyst,
pub. by Viking, Fall 2002. Audiobook, Fall 2002. Paperback pub.
Puffin, September 2003. Published in England by Hodder, Spring
2003. Being translated into German. Film rights optioned.
National Awards
ttttttttttttt• New York
Public Library Book for the Teen Age
ttttttttttttt• Top 10 Best
Books for Young Adults, ALA, 2003
ttttttttttttt• YALSA Audio
Book Award
State Awards
ttttttttttttt• Evergreen
Young Adult Book Award nominee (Washington)
ttttttttttttt• Garden State
Teen Book Award nominee 2005 (New Jersey)
ttttttttttttt• Iowa High
School Book Award nominee 2004-2005
ttttttttttttt• Kentucky Bluegrass
Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Thumbs Up!
Award nominee (Michigan)
ttttttttttttt• Gateway Readers
Award nominee 2004-2005 (Missouri Association ttttttttttttt of
School Librarians)
ttttttttttttt• Pennsylvania
School Librarians Association YA Top Forty
ttttttttttttt• Rhode Island
Teen Book Award nominee
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TAYSHAS High School Reading List (Texas Library Association)
ttttttttttttt• Virginia Young
Readers High School nominee
ttttttttttttt• Young Readers
Choice Award nominee 2005 (Pacific Northwest ttttttttttttttttLibrary
Association)
Bookseller and Media Recognition
ttttttttttttt• BookSense
Top Ten Bestseller List, Winter 2002-2003
ttttttttttttt• Barnes &
Noble Best Teen Books of 2002
ttttttttttttt• Borders 2002
Original Voices Finalist
“Passport” in YA anthology Dirty Laundry,
pub. Viking 1998.
“Snake” in YA anthology Love & Sex,
pub. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Prom,
pub. Viking, Spring, 2005. Published in England by Hodder &
Stoughton, July, 2005. Audiobook, Fall 2005. Paperback Puffin,
Spring, 2006.
National Awards
•
Amazon Top Ten Best Books of 2005 for Teens
•
New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
•
VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults nominee 2006
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YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers nominee 2006
State Awards
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Capitol Choice Award nominee 2006 (District of Columbia)
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Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee 2006
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Volunteer State Book Award nominee 2006 (Tennessee)
•
TAYSHAS High School Reading List (Texas Library Association)
Bookseller and Media Recognition
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New York Times Bestseller
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BookSense Top Ten Pick
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Starred review, Booklist
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Starred review, Kirkus
• Starred review, KLIATT
• Ellegirl Dare to Read Bookclub selection
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Junior Library Guild selection
Fever 1793,
pub. Simon & Schuster, Fall 2000. Audiobook, Fall 2000.
Paperback, Spring 2002. Translated into Chinese (Mandarin),
Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Catalan. Published in England by
Hodder, 2002. Stage play premier, May 2004, Gifford Family Theatre,
Syracuse, NY.
National Awards
ttttttttttttt• American
Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA 100 Best of the Best
ttttttttttttt• 2001 Teacher's
Choice, International Reading Association
ttttttttttttt• Parent’s
Guide to Children’s Media Award
ttttttttttttt• Jefferson
Cup Honor Book (for historical fiction)
ttttttttttttt• Junior Library
Guild Selection
ttttttttttttt• Children’s
Book-of-the-Month Club selection
ttttttttttttt• The New York
Public Library's 100 Best Books of Fall 2000
ttttttttttttt• The New York
Public Library "Best 2001 Books for the Teenage"
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YALSA 2006 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
State Awards
ttttttttttttt• California
Young Reader Medal nominee (2004)
ttttttttttttt• Nutmeg Award
nominee (Connecticut)
• Sunshine State Reader nominee (Florida)
ttttttttttttt• Georgia Children’s
Book Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Rebecca Caudill
Award (Illinois)
t BNBN• Young Hoosier Book
Award nominee (Indiana)
ttttttttttttt• Iowa Teen
Book Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Kentucky Blue
Grass Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Massachusetts
Children’s Book Award Honor Book
ttttttttttttt• Great Lakes’
Great Books Award (Michigan)
ttttttttttttt• Maud Hart
Lovelace Youth Reading Award nominee (Minnesota)
ttttttttttttt• Mark Twain
Award nominee (Missouri)
ttttttttttttt• Golden Sower
Young Adult Award nominee (Nebraska)
ttttttttttttt• Garden State
Teen Book Award nominee (New Jersey)
ttttttttttttt• South Carolina
Young Adult Book Award nominee
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TAYSHAS High School Reading List (Texas Library Association)
ttttttttttttt• Volunteer
State Book Award runner-up (Tennesee)
ttttttttttttt• Virginia Young
Reader’s Award nominee
Bookseller and Media Recognition
ttttttttttttt• Starred
review - Bank Street College of Education's "The Best tttttttttttttttChildren's
Books of 2001"
ttttttttttttt• American Bookseller
Pick of Lists
ttttttttttttt• Starred review,
School Library Journal
ttttttttttttt• Publishers
Weekly Bestseller
Wild At Heart,
contemporary series, pub. Pleasant Company.
tttttttttttttBook 1: Fight
For Life
ttteeetttttttttt* Winner of the
Henry Bergh ASPCA Award for children’s books
tttttttttttttBook 2: Homeless
tttttttttttttBook 3: Trickster
tttttttttttttBook 4: Manatee Blues
tttttttttttttBook 5: Say Good-Bye
ttttteeetttttttt* Children’s
Book Council Children’s Choice 2002
tttttttttttttBook 6: Storm Rescue
tttttttttttttBook 7: Teacher’s
Pet
tttttttttttttBook 8: Trapped
ttttteeetttttttt*IRA Teacher’s
Choice
tttttttttttttBook 9: Fear of Falling
tttttttttttttBook 10: Time To Fly
tttttttttttttBook 11: Masks
tttttttttttttBook 12: End of the
Race
Ndito Runs,
illus. Anita van der Merwe, pub. Henry Holt 1996, translated
into Zulu, Xhosa, Lesotho, and Afrikaans. (out of print, available
from author)
Turkey Pox, illus. Dorothy
Donahue, pub. Albert Whitman 1996. Paperback pub. 1998.
ttttttttttttt• Parent’s
Choice Honor Book
ttttttttttttt• South Carolina
Book Award Nominee
No Time for Mother’s Day,
illus., Dorothy Donahue, pub. Albert Whitman 1999. Paperback
pub. 2000.
The Big Cheese on Third Street,
illus., David Gordon, pub. Simon & Schuster, Spring 2002.
Spoken Arts Video, Fall 2003.
ttttttttttttt• Starred
review, Booklist.
Thank You, Sarah; The Woman Who
Saved Thanksgiving, illus.
Matt Faulkner, pub. Simon & Schuster, Fall 2002. Spoken
Arts Special Appearance Video, Fall 2003. Paperback
published by Alladin Paperback in Sept. 2005.
National Awards
ttttttttttttt• Once Upon
A World Children’s Book Award 2003
tttettttttttttGiven by the Simon
Wiesenthal Center
ttttttttttttt• The Center
for Children’s Books Best Books 2002
ttttttttttttt• Amelia Bloomer
List
ttttttttttttt• Junior Library
Guild selection
ttttttttttttt• Chapman Award
for Shared Reading
ttttttttttttt• International
Reading Association Teachers’ Choice 2003
ttttttttttttt• Storytelling
World 2004 Honor Title
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ALA Notable Video 2005
State Awards
ttttttttttttt• Black-Eyed
Susan Award (Maryland) nominee
ttttttttttttt• Show Me Readers
Award (Missouri) nominee
ttttttttttttt• Garden State
Book Award nominee (NJ)
ttttttttttttt• Governor McGreevey's
Book Club (New Jersey)
ttttttttttttt• North Carolina
Children’s Book Award nominee
ttttttttttttt• Carolyn W.
Field Honor Book (Pennsylvania)
ttttttttttttt• Capitol Choices
Book (Washington DC)
• South Carolina Picture Book nominee
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Young Hoosier Award nominee (Indiana)
Bookseller and Media Recognition
ttttttttttttt• Starred review,
Publisher’s Weekly,
ttttttttttttt• Starred review,
Kirkus.
ttttttttttttt• Oppenheimer
Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2003
ttttttttttttt• PBS TeacherSource
Recommended Social Studies book: Civic and tCommunity
Saudi Arabia, pub. by Lerner, Sept.
2000.
Shy Child,
co-authored with Dr. Ward Swallow, pub. by Warner Books, March,
2000.
Selected Speaking Engagements
American Library Association Annual Convention
International Reading Association Annual Convention
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
ttttttttttttt• Assembly on
Literature for Adolescents and Middle School Mosaic
National Association of Independent Booksellers
Arizona English Teachers Association
Brigham Young University
Colorado Literature Association
Colorado Reading Teachers Association
Connecticut Educational Media Association
Illinois School Library Media Association
Kentucky Reading Association
Massachusetts Library Association
McConnell Children’s Literature Conference
Michigan Library Association
Michigan Reading Association
Moravian College
New Jersey School Librarian’s Association
New York Public Library - Educator’s Day
Oklahoma Library Association
(Oklahoma) State Superintendent’s Encyclo-media Conference
Pennsylvania Library Association
(Pennsylvania) Keystone State Reading Association
Rocky Mountain Children's Literature Conference, CO
Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series, Syracuse, NY
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators,
national and regional conferences
Tennessee Association of School Librarians
Texas Library Association
Utah Education Association
West Chester University
Elementary, middle, and high schools across the country
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