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Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson

		Writerlady Female 48 years old NEW YORK United States Last Login: 11/27/2009

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Laurie Halse Anderson's Interests

General	Running & lifting, hanging with my family, reading, running & lifting, eating inhuman amounts of popcorn, shoveling snow. Professional football (E-A-G-L-E-S!) and college basketball. Thai food & sushi. Harleys. Renaissance faires/festivals. Alternate universes. Paris. Scotland. Running goals: Philadelphia Distance Run, Marine Corps Marathon, Disney World Marathon, Grandma's Marathon. ALA, NCTE/ALAN, ABA and IRA conferences. I am one of the sickos who actually likes going to conferences and eating frozen Danish and rubber chicken.
Music	Coldplay, Dave Matthews, Tori Amos, Gretchen Wilson, Dixie Chicks, The Eagles, Gregg Allman, Lynrd Skynrd, Natalie Merchant, Sting, One Hard Krank, Bruce, Linkin Park, Eminem, Trace Atkins....
Movies	Van Helsing, Star Trek films, X-Men, Last of the Mohicans, Pirates of the Caribbean (the first one), Harry Potters, Fisher King, Casablanca, State & Main, Fargo.
Television	NFL & college football, NCAA basketball, Xena: Warrior Princess, West Wing, Firefly, CNN (hopelessly addicted), Clean Sweep, CMT, Ace of Cakes, Deadwood, Miami Ink.
Books	Anything Gaiman writes, urban fantasy, Elizabeth George mysteries. Weetzie Bat. Books by Sherman Alexie, Chris Crutcher, David Lubar, Holly Black, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Deborah Heiligman, Sally Keehn, Elvira Woodruff, Phil Bildner,
Heroes	My husband and kids. Xena. Wonder Woman. Librarians, English teachers who fight to give their students books that speak to their condition, and independent booksellers.

Laurie Halse Anderson's Details

Status:	Married
Here for:	Friends
Orientation:	Straight
Body type:	5' 9" / Athletic
Religion:	Other
Zodiac Sign:	Libra
Children:	Proud parent
Education:	College graduate
Occupation:	Author

Laurie Halse Anderson's Schools

Georgetown University Washington, DC Graduated: 1984 Student status: Alumni Degree: Bachelor's Degree Major: Spanish/Linguistics	1981 to 1984
Onondaga Community College Syracuse, NY Graduated: 1981 Student status: Alumni Degree: Associate's Degree Major: Liberal Arts	1980 to 1981
Fayetteville-Manlius Shs Manlius, NY Graduated: 1979 Student status: Alumni Degree: High School Diploma Clubs: International Club, Newspaper, Literary Magazine, Track, Swimming	1975 to 1979

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Laurie Halse Anderson's Blurbs

About me:
Not quite sure how this happened, but I am the author of WINTERGIRLS, CHAINS, TWISTED, SPEAK, CATALYST, PROM, and FEVER 1793. I also write picture books for little kids, who better not be on myspace. My newest for the little ones is THE HAIR OF ZOE FLEEFENBACHER GOES TO SCHOOL.

My next book, FORGE, comes out in late 2010.

I get bored easily. I live out in the country near Lake Ontario, north of Syracuse, NY. I love winter and hate being hot. I have a quick temper and fought it my whole life. I have amazing dreams.

I'll post here, but you'll find lots more on my LiveJournal.

Check my website, too.

NEWSFLASH!!!! I will not do your homework. High school was bad enough the first time around, thanks. Don't ask me to explain the symbolism in any of my books. I don't know either. I was not an English major.

I still don't know what a "theme" is in literature. I just want to tell good stories.

Words to live by: When life sucks, read. They can't yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them...

Who I'd like to meet:
NEIL GAIMAN!
Gretchen Wilson (doesn't she look like she'd be fun to hang out with?), Elizabeth George, Patrick Stewart, Steven King, J.K. Rowling, Nick Harkaway, Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth I, Oprah Winfrey & Judy Dench & Helen Mirren (the four of us should go on a wine-tasting tour of Italy), David Milch, Aaron Sorkin, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Junot Diaz.
I already met Kristin Stewart because she played Melinda in the movie version of SPEAK. Yes, she is awesome.

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kOiViStO	Nov 19 2009 11:58 AM See you in Philly in a few days. Mr. K needs more signed books to raffle off to his students! Thanks in advance!
☆★Edian★☆	Nov 19 2009 11:58 AM Ur my fav author! I finished reading "Catalyst" and its sad wat happnd to Mikey. Anyways ur awesome. Cant wait to read ur new book! x)
☆★Edian★☆	Oct 29 2009 6:14 PM Thanks 4 the add!!!!! You Rock!!!!!! OMG I love Twisted, Speak n Wintergirls!!!!!!! Haha ur a good author XD haha I love how u end ur books it so like u want more well ya can't wait till ur nxt book comes out!!!! XD Thanks again!!!!
♫ Chris-Top-Her ♫	Oct 29 2009 6:14 PM Hey Laurie, I just thought i should let you know that speak is the best book ive ever read, In fact its so good i read it 4 times and took 2 copies from my school. It made me realize life isnt all candy corn and& Lollipops, just hadda say thank you. x]
L.J. Boldyrev - Writer	Sep 17 2009 8:42 PM Thanks for the add :) Hope you're having a wonderful week back up North. When's the next trip back to the City?
Morganne [T33ZY]	Sep 11 2009 10:40 PM You are a amazing author, Your book speak is my favorite because I can relate to Melinda more then any other character in any of your books. You are my favorite Author, in general.
Taira	Aug 31 2009 5:16 PM Thanks for the add!
.:Valεяiε:.❤	Aug 18 2009 6:20 PM You are a wonderful writer, an amazing story-teller! I read Speak yesterday and I was moved by the story. I'm about to start reading Wintergirls. Thank you for sharing these stories with us.
Club Laurie	Aug 18 2009 6:19 PM
Zoey Jack	Aug 12 2009 4:57 PM Laurie, thanks so much for the add!!! Just wanted to let you know that you're my favorite author, your books are so amazing, they're my favorite too. Thanks so much for writing such great stories...they are so moving! I want to have your whole collection, so know I recently aquired Catalyst. So, I'll be reading it soon. I can't wait for your next novel. Take care. -Jackeline =D
::KiMB3RLY_*	Aug 4 2009 6:15 PM i just wanted to say that wintergirls and speak, are the best 2 books i have ever read!! i normally dont like to read. but when i read your books, i cant put them down. you are an amazing author. i like to write too. i also want to write a book one day.
harridan	Aug 4 2009 6:15 PM Thank you for accepting my request. Now I can stay informed :) I really love your books - the way they are written. They are kind of addicting. I just grab a book and don't put it down before it's over. It would be great if more people in my country had the chance to read your books but unfortunately none of them is neither published, nor imported here. Nobody in the bookstores has ever heard about them... I had to order the books I wanted from the USA. Well, they were worth the effort :) Especially "Wintergirls". Thank you again and have a nice day!
.:Jadian:.	Aug 4 2009 6:13 PM Hi, I bet you get messages like this all the time. But I just have to add another one. Your books are just incredible. They made up most of the large stack of books I selected very carefully to take to college with me. I bought Wintergirls at the beginning of the summer, and I've read it about four times already. Speak's still my favorite, but Wintergirls struck a chord in me as well. After reading it the first two times, I thought, "If Lia has the courage to pick herself up, so do I." I got inpatient help recently and have since made a dramatic recovery. Thanks to your book, I'm no longer a wintergirl. You are a genius. Many thanks, ~Rebecca
maeganxx	Aug 4 2009 6:12 PM I read Wintergirls recently, and I loved it. It was heartbreaking and very hard to read due to that, but I couldn't stop reading. You could really feel the emotions of Lia, her struggle with anorexia and dealing with Cassie. That's what made this book so very real to me. The emotions, and how you captured them oh, so perfectly like you always do. I have to admit, this was one of my favorite books from you. Congratulations on all of your success, and thank you for being such an inspiration for me. (:
Tyler [jessy is my twin][I gotta find you]	Jul 29 2009 12:01 PM It was awesome to meet you! I can't wait to read Wintergirls. That's the bad part about the summer. We get summer reading. 3 books! Good thing I like to read. =) Hope to see you again at some point in the future! <3 Tyler
christii	Jul 4 2009 3:57 PM i have to say, i just read Wintergirls for the third time and i loved it even more. i have been diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia and have recently relapsed once again. Wintergirls gives me hope that theres is always hope of recovering once again. Your an amazing writer, i also adore your books Speak (i pretty much have memorized it), Prom, and Twisted. you write in such a poetic and lyrical way. Its incredible. KEEP WRITING!!! (:
Swineflu Meggy	Jul 1 2009 3:45 AM you're a great writer--not an author a writer--anyone can be an author but to be a writer you gotta be born for it and you certainly were made for the job--i loved speak--melinda really got through to a lot of ppl at my school even if they wont admit they actually they really read a book
)_( silent reverie...	Jun 18 2009 3:47 PM i'm a writer and your book " speak" has inspired me to want to reach out and write stories that can save people's lives. it was such a sad story, but it is true to some people's lives.
Once Sold Tales Bookstore	Jun 17 2009 12:13 AM Thanks for the add! ~ Your Friends @ Once Sold Tales! Once Sold Tales - Online Bookstore & so much more!
3l!z@beth*	Jun 11 2009 5:28 PM laurie halse anderson, thanks so much for the add! i know you accepted my friend request awhile ago, but i never really got around to say thanks, im so excited to be your friend on myspace, it's a true honor! i e-mailed you awhile ago, and you answerd, im liz by the way you probably dont remember me hahaha, but i love all your books, i read them all the time, speak is by far my all time life saving book, but all of your books are amazing, someday i plan to write almost as well as you do! i love you! (:
♥ Lisa ♥	Jun 9 2009 3:47 PM Love You Sis
Debra [[Funsize]] ™	Jun 5 2009 10:36 PM You are amazing! I have talked to two out of four authors I have contacted lol, Stephenie Meyer and Sara Shepard never responded, but Sara is barely on lol, I have talked to Ellen Hopkins!! She is wonderful to talk to, we talk like everyday haha, and then Sarah Darer Littman :], I would love to talk to you as well!!
[little tiny]	Jun 6 2009 5:19 PM loved speak! http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/55925 Please vote for my ballerina shirt to get made!
Jane	Jun 3 2009 2:36 AM Thanks for the add n_n
Erika	May 31 2009 9:38 PM Hello Ms. Anderson! I had the pleasure of meeting you last year at ALA, and I just wanted to let you know that I just finished "Wintergirls" and it was amazing! It was so beautifully haunting and brilliantly written. I don't know how you do it and I cannot wait to share Lia and Cassie's story with the girls in my school library! Thanks again for knowing exactly how to get in a teens head and knowing how to express their hopes, fears, and issues on paper. You make my job so easy! Erika

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