About the Author
Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York. Laurie grew up in Potsdam, New York with her sister Lisa, her father Frank A. Halse Jr., and her mother Joyce Holcomb Halse. When Laurie was younger she loved to read. Her favorite books were historical fiction. She might have been good at reading but she was bad at math. When she was in 2nd she loved writing. As she got older she started liking science fiction and fantasy. Also as she got older she was fascinated by foreign cultures and language. When she was in school she usually was well behaved. In high school she attended Fayetteville Manlius High School in Manlius, New York. For her senior year she moved out of her parent’s house and ended up living on pig farm in Denmark. After high school was done she came home she worked for minimum wage at a clothing store which made her want to go to college. She …show more content…
Some of them are Speak, Chains, Wintergirls, Seeds of America series, Twisted, The Impossible Knife of Memory, Catalyst, Prom, Thank You Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving, Vet Volunteers series, Wild at Heart series, The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School, Independence Dames: What You Never Knew About the Woman and Girls of the American Revolution, Turkey Pox, The Big Cheese of 3rd Street, No Time for Mother’s Day, Ndito Runs, Left Behind, Burger Wars, Saudi Arabia, and Untitled Abigail Adams. Laurie has received multiple awards. She received the Golden Kite Award, Edgar Allen Poe Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her book Speak. She also received the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book Chains. Fever 1793 was and ALA Best Book for Young Adults selection and a Junior Library Guild selection. The reason Laurie wrote Fever 1793 because she saw an article in the newspaper about the fever in 1993. She lived outside Philadelphia and there was a museum exhibit about
Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York. Laurie grew up in Potsdam, New York with her sister Lisa, her father Frank A. Halse Jr., and her mother Joyce Holcomb Halse. When Laurie was younger she loved to read. Her favorite books were historical fiction. She might have been good at reading but she was bad at math. When she was in 2nd she loved writing. As she got older she started liking science fiction and fantasy. Also as she got older she was fascinated by foreign cultures and language. When she was in school she usually was well behaved. In high school she attended Fayetteville Manlius High School in Manlius, New York. For her senior year she moved out of her parent’s house and ended up living on pig farm in Denmark. After high school was done she came home she worked for minimum wage at a clothing store which made her want to go to college. She …show more content…
Some of them are Speak, Chains, Wintergirls, Seeds of America series, Twisted, The Impossible Knife of Memory, Catalyst, Prom, Thank You Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving, Vet Volunteers series, Wild at Heart series, The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School, Independence Dames: What You Never Knew About the Woman and Girls of the American Revolution, Turkey Pox, The Big Cheese of 3rd Street, No Time for Mother’s Day, Ndito Runs, Left Behind, Burger Wars, Saudi Arabia, and Untitled Abigail Adams. Laurie has received multiple awards. She received the Golden Kite Award, Edgar Allen Poe Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her book Speak. She also received the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book Chains. Fever 1793 was and ALA Best Book for Young Adults selection and a Junior Library Guild selection. The reason Laurie wrote Fever 1793 because she saw an article in the newspaper about the fever in 1993. She lived outside Philadelphia and there was a museum exhibit about