“All of us create our own versions of
an event, of our lives, even, not because we're liars, necessarily, but because
we can only see and understand the truth from our own viewpoint, and a shifting
viewpoint at that.”
– Deb Caletti
Born
in California on this date in 1963, Caletti is an award-winning writer,
primarily of young adult fiction, although she has several adult novels to her
credit as well. Caletti studied journalism at the University
of Washington, received some recognition for playwriting, but always wanted to
try novels. "When my son was two,”
she said, “I got serious about writing.
I didn’t want to be one of those people who talked about their dream but never
did anything about it.”
All
of her works are set in the Pacific Northwest and her YA books are noted for
tackling difficult issues related to relationship dynamics, family (including
stepfamilies), change and resilience, and the connections between human nature
and animal nature.
A
National Book Award finalist (for Honey,
Baby, Sweetheart), and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book medalist (for her
most recent book A Heart in a Body in the
World), she said she’s been a passionate reader and writer from an early
age, and speaks glowingly of libraries and their influence.
“I
understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort
of magic portals that lead to other lands,” she said. “My God, right within reach there were
dinosaurs and planets and presidents and girl detectives!“
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