Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961, in Potsdam, a city in the United States. A citizen of the United States, she was educated at Fayetteville–Manlius High School, then at Onondaga Community College, and later at Georgetown University. She writes in the English language and has built her career working across several professional roles.
Anderson has worked as a bookseller, journalist, screenwriter, and novelist. Her writing spans children's literature and thriller, reflecting a range across genres and audiences. Among her notable works are Speak, Catalyst, and Wintergirls, three titles that represent distinct points in her body of work as a novelist. These works, along with her activity across other professional forms, mark a career that extends well beyond a single mode of writing.
Her contributions to children's literature in particular have been acknowledged through multiple awards. Anderson received the Golden Kite Award and the Margaret Edwards Award, both recognizing her work as a novelist. She also received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the recognitions that has marked her standing in children's literature on an international scale.
As of the available record, Anderson continues to work as a writer and novelist in the United States. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award stands as a prominent point in the record of her career, alongside her ongoing work in fiction and other written forms. Her three noted works — Speak, Catalyst, and Wintergirls — remain part of her documented output as an American novelist writing in English.
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It's my first day of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomach ache.
She turns to us, acts surprised to see us, then does the bit with the back of the hand to the forehead. “You’re lost!” “You’re angry!” “You’re in the wrong school!” “You’re in the wrong country!” “You’re on the wrong planet!
I am a citizen, with the same rights as your son, or you. As a citizen, as a student, I am protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic.
You’d be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. It’s the saddest thing I know.
There’s no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is “why not?” I can’t believe she ran out of answers before I did.
It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather’s Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I’d be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage.
Light up the stars in your brain, electrify your body, buckle on your smile, and everybody will love you again.
Just in case we forget that “weareheretogetagoodfoundation sowecangotocollegeliveuptoourpotentialgetagoodjoblivehap pilyeverafterandgotoDisneyWorld,” we have a Job Day.
The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. That’s when they can hear us true.