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Profiles the life and career of author Gayle Forman.

A biography of children's author, Gary Paulsen.

Fans of Green's novels get an insider's look at the path he took to becoming a best-selling author and Internet sensation. This captivating resource follows Green from his youth and introduces readers to the teachers and school that served as inspiration for one of his best-loved novels. The book then takes readers through Green's college years and the job at a children's hospital that changed his career path, and even his outlook on life. For Internet fans, Green's passion for being a "nerdfighter" is also well-documented in this rich account of a beloved writer's life and inspirations.

Notoriously elusive, many fans know very little about the life of popular author S.E. Hinton. Hinton's legendary coming-of-age stories depicted rival gangs, challenging friendships, and teenage drug use in ways that shocked in her time. Today, however, she is widely read and recognized as one of the most important writers in the young adult genre. Readers will discover Hinton's style, learn important tools for analyzing literature, and follow the continuity across her most popular novels. Special sections including a timeline, a list of accolades, and biographical details, making this the quintessential S.E. Hinton guide. Bibliography, Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Web Sites, Full-color photographs, Timelines, Biographies.

Satisfying part of the Common Core English Language Arts Standard in writing, this book looks into the life of one of the most revered children s authors today: Lois Lowry. This book brings readers into her captivating world. They learn about the Newbery Medal winner s upbringing and how she writes. They also see how she comes up with her plots that so often address human connections and relationships, which are so important not only to her writing but to her life. This thoughtful biography may inspire readers and writers to become authors themselves. Bibliography, Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Web Sites, Full-color photographs, Timelines, Biographies.

The author Avi has written more than 70 children s and young adult books and has fans young and old all over the world. Readers can t help but be inspired by Avi s life story, including his battle and ultimate triumph over dyslexia. Despite his problem being ignored and not diagnosed until late in his childhood, Avi was determined to make it as a writer. This author s story will hold readers as rapt as they are while reading one of his best-selling, award-winning novels. They ll find themselves eagerly flipping pages to find out what happens next. Bibliography, Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Index, Glossary, Web Sites, Full-color photographs, Timelines, Biographies.

Profiles the life and work of author James Patterson.

Profiles the life and career of author Marissa Meyer.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the best-selling book written by author Stephen Chbosky (published in 1999), which was followed by his screenplay (the popular movie for which was released in 2012), is to today’s young adults what J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye was to teens of decades past. In poignant, knowing language and characterization, Chbosky captures the joys, anguish, confusion, and once-in-a-lifetime experience that is adolescence. Find out about the book, the movie, and the engaging author in this singular account about how one man wrote a story that has become an emotional touchstone for a generation.

Although still in the early stages of her career, Kiera Cass has enjoyed the kind of success most writers only dream of. After publishing her first novel, The Siren, in 2009, she went on to write The Selection, a dystopian young adult novel set in a future version of the United States in which girls are selected by lottery to compete for the position of Princess. Although she had had no luck at all in finding either an agent or a traditional publisher for The Siren, The Selection landed her, in short order, an agent and a three-book deal with a top publisher. Cass fans and newcomers alike will enjoy reading this biography of an exuberant but down-to-earth young author.