Susan Beth Pfeffer is the author of many books for teens, including the New York Times best-selling novel Life As We Knew It, which was nominated for several state awards, and its three companion books, The Dead & The Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon. She lives in Middletown, New York.
Praise for LIFE AS WE KNEW IT
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A 2011 ALA Popular Paperbacks Title
A CCBC Choice
A Junior Library Guild Premier Selection
A Listening Library Selection
An Amazon.com Best Book of the Year * "Absorbing from first page to
last." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Riveting and
deeply frightening." --Bulletin "You will read it in one
sitting, fighting back tears as you bite your nails."
--Teenreads.com
Praise for THE DEAD AND THE GONE * "As riveting as Life
as We Knew It and even grittier. . . . The powerful images and
wrenching tragedies will haunt readers." --Publishers
Weekly, starred review * "Everything Pfeffer writes about seems
wrenchingly plausible." --Booklist, starred review
"Incredibly engaging." --Kirkus Reviews
Praise for THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN * "The protagonists of
Pfeffer's novels The Dead and the Gone and Life As We
Knew It join forces in this third installment of a harrowing
saga set in the not so distant future. . . . Throughout, readers
will be moved by displays of compassion, strength, and faith as
characters endure grim realities and face an uncertain future."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Palpable despair is
dappled with tiny flares of hope in this third entry in Pfeffer's
enthralling series. . . . Fans of the first two will thrill to this
latest and the loose ending will leave them hoping for more."
--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for THE SHADE OF THE MOON "Action-packed and completely
unpredictable, this latest will be widely anticipated by the
series' many fans." --Kirkus Reviews "Pfeffer's well-written
take on what life might be as it returns to 'normal' is sometimes
brutal and always depressingly real." --Booklist
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