Chris Lynch
On July 2, 1962, Chris Lynch was born in Boston, a city that stands as one of the concrete biographical anchors for this American writer of books for young people.
Lynch is a novelist and science fiction writer whose work is directed at children and young people. A citizen of the United States, he pursued his education at Emerson College before establishing himself as a writer working in fiction for younger audiences. The combination of novelist, science fiction writer, and children's writer captures the broad descriptive frame that applies to his work, each designation pointing to a distinct aspect of what he does as an author.
As a writer of books for young people, Lynch occupies a position that joins the tradition of children's fiction with the concerns of science fiction. His education at Emerson College forms part of the biographical record alongside his Boston origins and his identity as an American author. Those facts — birthplace, birth date, educational institution, nationality, and the category of writing he practices — constitute the documented outline of a career devoted to fiction for younger readers.
Quotes by Chris Lynch
The way an old dog finds his way back over miles and miles to his home when somebody trues to shove him off on a farm someplace, that is how I find my way back to the library. It’s my place, even more than my place is.
They have this majestic, glorious agony that they reawaken every day just by awakening.
Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren’t?
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