“You know how sometimes you hear a chord played on an organ
and you can feel it vibrating in your bones? Sometimes when I'm writing, I can
feel my bones vibrating because I'll have a thought or I'll have a character's
voice in my head, and that's when I know I'm on the right track.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
Born in Potsdam,
NY on this date in 1961, Anderson is the award-winning author of numerous
children's and young adult novels for which she received the Margaret A.
Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her contributions to
young adult literature.
Among her
best-known and most honored books are Speak,
Wintergirls, and the 3-book Seeds of
America or Chain series. She also has authored a 17-volume Vet Volunteers series and is an
advocate for veterans.
While she grew up
enjoying reading and writing, she always looked upon it as a hobby until after
her graduation from Georgetown University.
After beginning writing as a journalist, she switched to children’s
picture books, then gravitated to the Young Adult genre, which has been her
primary focus since 1999. She is noted
as writing on “tough topics” softened by humor.
“If I can write a book that will
help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on
the planet,” Anderson said. 
“The feedback I get is that my books are honest. I don't sugar-coat anything. Life is really hard.”
“The feedback I get is that my books are honest. I don't sugar-coat anything. Life is really hard.”
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