Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak. She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom, Twitsted, Catalyst, Wintergirls, and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793, and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O'Dell Award-winner Chains. She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.
PRAISE FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY:
- New York Times bestseller
- 2014 National Book Award longlist
- A Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of 2014
- A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2014
"Anderson's novels . . . speak for the still-silent among us, and
force all of us to acknowledge the real and painful truths that are
too dangerous to ignore." -New York Times
"The Impossible Knife of Memory isn't always an easy
read-Anderson's gritty, authentic look at PTSD is by turns painful
and heartbreaking-but it's an important one." -Entertainment
Weekly
"Andy comes home from the war in Iraq honored for his service, and
haunted by it. The war still goes on inside of him and threatens to
make Hayley another causality. Laurie Halse Anderson is one of the
best known writers of literature for young adults and children in
the world. " -Scott Simon, NPR Weekend Edition
"Laurie Halse Anderson has been lauded and awarded for her ability
to channel the teenage mind (and heart) dealing with tough issues.
In The Impossible Knife of Memory, she takes on PTSD through
the story of a girl coping with her troubled veteran dad." -Family
Circle
"At turns heartbreaking, at turns funny, the narrative in
this book is so spot on I wanted to give Hayley my phone number so
she would have a friend in times of crisis. Seriously-does
ANYONE write troubled teen characters with the realism, grace, and
soul of Laurie Halse Anderson?" -Jodi Picoult, New
York Times bestselling author of The Storyteller and
Between the Lines
"Laurie Halse Anderson serves the families of veterans with the
same honor, dignity, and respect that the veterans, who serve us,
deserve. With her trademark hope, humor, and heart-breaking
realism, Laurie Halse Anderson has given us a roadmap to heal.
She is a treasure." -Stephen Chobsky, New York Times
bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
* "As in Speak, Anderson provides a riveting study of
a psychologically scarred teenager . . . absorbing"
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "Compelling, powerful, and timely . . . This
is challenging material, but in Anderson's skilled hands,
readers will find a light shining on the shadowy reality of living
with someone who has lived through war" -Booklist,
starred review
* "The book offers an eloquent portrait of the
effects of both war and family legacies, and many readers will find
reflections of their own struggle to keep family connections while
obtaining their independence." -BCCB, starred
review
* "With powerful themes of loyalty and forgiveness, this tightly
woven story is a forthright examination of the realities of war
and its aftermath on soldiers and their families. One of Anderson's
strongest and most relevant works to date." -School
Library Journal, starred review
* "It is Anderson at her absolute best, providing significant and
touching realistic fiction." -VOYA, starred
review
* "A serious subject is balanced by humorous cultural commentary,
making this an intelligent, thought-provoking, and entertaining
read." -LMC, starred review
TWISTED: A New York Times Bestseller, An ALA BBYA
title (2008), An ALA Quick Pick title (2008), A NYPL Book for the
Teen Age (2008), A CCBC Choices title (2008), An IRA Top Ten
(2008); PROM: A New York Times Bestseller, A
VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers title
(2005), An IRA Young Adults' Choice (2005), A Junior Library Guild
Selection, Booksense Top Ten Pick (2005), Tayshas Reading
List (2006-07), ELLEgirl Dare to Read book club pick
Nominee, SC Assoc of School Librarians YA Book Award (2007-08);
CATALYST: An ALA Top Ten BBYA title, A NYPL Book for the
Teen Age (2002), A Borders Original Voices finalist for YA lit.
(2002); SPEAK: A 2000 Printz Honor Book, A 1999 National
Book Award Finalist, A New York Times Bestseller, An Edgar
Allan Poe Award Finalist for YA, A 1999 Los Angeles Times
Book Prize Finalist, Winner of the Golden Kite Award, An ALA Top
Ten BBYA, An ALA Quick Pick, A PW Best Book of the Year, A
Booklist Top Ten First Novel, 1999, A BCCB Blue
Ribbon Book, A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year,
A Horn Book Fanfare Title, A Publishers Weekly Best
Seller, A Junior Library Guild Selection, A NYPL Book for the Teen
Age, An IRA Young Adult Choice; WINTERGIRLS: 2010 YALSA
Teens' Top Ten list; 2009 Booklist Editor's Choice;
Pennsylvania School Library Association's Young Adult Top Forty
(Pennsylvania) - top ten; Kirkus best books of 2009 list; Chicago
Tribune's list of Top Ten Most Influential Books of the Decade;
Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2009 List; 2010 Quick Picks;
2010 BBYA; 2010 Amelia Bloomer Project; 2010 Capitol Choices
Noteworthy Books for Children; 2010 Cooperative Children's Book
Center Choices; ABA Indie Choice Award finalist; New York Public
Library's 2010 Stuff for the Teen Age list; Included in the 2010
Kansas State Reading Circle Catalog; THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF
MEMORY: A New York Times Bestseller, 2014 National Book
Award Finalist
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