LAURIE ANDERSON

FACTS

• Writer best known for children and young adults novels.
• She was first recognized by her novel "Speak".
• Anderson takes her writing seriously.
• Has four kids and is 53 years old.

LIFE AS A KID

• Laurie was born on october 23, 1961.
• She lived in Potsdam New York.
• She was very well behaved.
• She read all the time and was awful at math.
• When she got out of school she ended up on a pig farm.

BOOKS

• Laurie halse anderson has made 34 books.
• Andersons first ever book was "Speak" made in 1999.
• She received a Margaret edwards reward.

FACTS

• Laurie had loved writing since second grade.
• She began as a freelance reporter.
• She joined the society of children's books.
• She also wrote nonfiction for extra cash.

WINTER GIRLS

• This book was published in 2009.
• was nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards.
• The genre is fiction.
• Is a young adult novel.

FORGE

• Was published in 2010.
• The book is about independence against the british.
• One of her best books.

MORE FACTS

• She really wished that people would know how to pronounce her name.
• She was a fan of college football.
• In 1996, her first book, Ndito Runs, was published.
• co-authored a book with Dr. Ward Swallow about parenting shy children.

STILL MORE FACTS....

• In 2002, the YA novel Catalyst was published.
• Twisted, a YA novel told from a male perspective, was published in 2007.
• Was Laurie's 3rd novel to appear on the New York's bestselling list.
• Laurie lives in northern New York.

AND THE FACTS CONTINUE..

• Anderson earned her associate's degree after 2 years of college.
• Started writing children's books.
• Speak is her most famous book.
• received the ALAN award.

HER LIFE NOW

• lives in northern New York, with her childhood sweetheart.
• She has four wonderful children.
• She spends countless hours in a woodland cottage designed by her husband.
• She loves to train for marathons.
• She is quite sure that she leads a charmed life and is deeply grateful for it.