About the author
Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961. She is from born in Potsdam, New York. She started to love writing in second grade. Most of her teachers did not think she would become a writer because she was not good at writing, spelling, grammar. Laurie graduated from Georgetown University in 1981. When she first tried making books and trying to find someone to publish them she was rejected many times. Laurie finally Joined the Society of Children Book for Writers and Illustrators. She also found a group to help her. Her debut novel was Ndito Runs in 1996. Her first young adult book was Speak. She made Fever1793 in 2000. She still lives in New York.
Why Laurie halse Anderson started writing historical-fiction ?
She started writing historical-fiction because she thought people wrote history very boring. Laurie then decided to include historical-fiction as one of her writing genres. Laurie also says she gets bored easily so she writes many genres so she want get bored with just one. Today she is 53.
How she wrote Fever1793...
Laurie started reading about it in the newspaper. She was interested and she wanted to make it kid friendly so she started to make a book about it. She had to do more research on it before she started drafting the book. She finished the research and published the book in 2000. The book is an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.
How she wrote Fever1793...
Laurie started reading about it in the newspaper. She was interested and she wanted to make it kid friendly so she started to make a book about it. She had to do more research on it before she started drafting the book. She finished the research and published the book in 2000. The book is an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.
Laurie Anderson's awards
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How she became a writer |
Two time National Book Award Nominee
2010 School Library Month Spokesperson 2009 Margret A. Edwards Award 2008 Alan Award Assembly on Literature 2006 Onondaga Community Collage 2004 Fayetteville Manlius Hall of Distinction 2002 Free Library of Philadelphia/ Drevel University Children's Literature Citation Credits to Google images!
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In second grade her teacher showed how to write a cool poem. She then started writing. She loved reading all kinds of genres. One day her biology teacher told her she should become a writer. Today she is still writing (she is still alive).
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