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.
“Anderson writes a beautiful, heart-wrenching, and important novel
with Wintergirls.”—Detroit Free Press
“A fearless, riveting account of a young woman in the grip of a
deadly illness.” —The New York Times
“Laurie Halse Anderson is the reigning queen of teen tumult.
[Wintergirls] is a fierce novel.”—Newsday
“A startlingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative.”
—SLJ, starred review
“As difficult as reading this novel can be, it is even more
difficult to put down.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Anderson perfectly captures the isolation and motivations of the
anorexic.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Anderson illuminates a dark but utterly realistic world . . .This
is necessary reading.”—Booklist, starred review
“Readers will be absorbed by this gripping tale.”—BCCB, starred
review
“Wintergirls cracks open the riddle . . . of eating disorders.
Anderson plunges readers inside the head of 18-year-old
Lia.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“What makes Wintergirls different? Three words: Laurie Halse
Anderson.”—South Florida Sun Sentinel
“This chilling tale acutely conveys Lia’s powerful psychological
battle.” —Chicago Tribune
“All of [Anderson’s] books have a driving force; they can’t be put
down. A poignant and lyrical novel.”—Raleigh News & Observer
“A vivid expedition inside the mind of a girl who is dying to be
thin. Anderson offers a gripping perspective of Lia’s inner turmoil
and her isolation.” —Buffalo News
“With naked emotion, brutal honesty and a narrative that’s
simultaneously captivating and claustrophobic, Wintergirls gives
readers a haunting window into the disordered thinking behind
eating disorders.” —BookPage
“Lia’s struggles will touch your heart and make you think about
this book long after you set it down.” —Justine magazine
“Anderson presents a tale every bit as haunting and immediate as
her debut novel [Speak].” —Shelf Awareness
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