Susan Beth Pfeffer
Susan Beth Pfeffer (born 1948) is an American author best known for young adult science fiction, such as "About David". After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels often called "The Last Survivors" or "Moon Crash" series, some of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestselling List.
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Background
Pfeffer was born in New York City, the daughter of Leo Pfeffer, a lawyer and professor, and his wife, Freda nee Plotkin.[1] She began writing stories as a child. She published her first book, Just Morgan, in 1970, when she was a senior at New York University.[2] After college, she moved to Middletown, New York, where she still lives, and continued to write full-time. She has published more than 75 books.[3]
Pfeffer's books cover the range of children's literature from picture books to young-adult novels. They include biographies, like the Portraits of Little Women series for younger readers, and both historical and contemporary fiction. She also wrote a book for adults about how to write for children. About David (1980) and The Year Without Michael (1987) are two of her books that have received critical notice.[2] Pfeffer says that she enjoys writing about family dynamics.[4] Pfeffer achieved wider notice with her 2006 book Life as We Knew It, a best seller. This became the first of her Moon Crash series.[3] Pfeffer cites the film Meteor as inspiration for the Moon Crash series.[citation needed]
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Awards
Pfeffer's books have won the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, the Buxtehude Bull prize and been named awarded an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults (2007) and Teens’ Top Ten Booklist in 2007. She was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award, Quill Awards and Hal Clement Award.
References
- ↑ "Pfeffer, Susan Beth", Encyclopedia.com, accessed June 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Susan Beth Pfeffer Biography", Bookbrowse.com, July 2, 2011, accessed June 21, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interview with Author Susan Beth Pfeffer", Inkweaver Review, April 27, 2009, accessed June 21, 2014
- ↑ "Author Interview: Susan Beth Pfeffer", The Bookwars, November 4, 2013
Sources
- Crossen, C. (2008, October 24). Weekend Journal; Adviser: Dear Booklover. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), p. W.2. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Global.
- Goodnow, C. (2008, December 18). "Profits of Doom: Teen Readers are eating up Post-Apocalyptic Tales", Seattle Post - Intelligencer, p. B.1. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline
- John, G. (2008). "Scary New World", New York Times Book Review, p. 30. Retrieved via EBSCOhost database, 6 April 2010.
- "Must-Reads Blend Fright, Fun". (2009, January 26). The Washington Post, p. B.2. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline.
- Springen, K. (2010, February). Apocalypse Now. Publishers Weekly, 257(7), 21. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Global.
- Woolingtons, Rebecca (2010, March 11). "Book Wars Come to High School. The popular reading competition opens to older students." The Register - Guard, L.1. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline.
- Young Adult Library Services Association. Best Book for Young Adults 2007. American Library Association. Retrieved from web, 6 April 2010.
- Young Adult Library Services Association. (2007). Teens’ Top Ten Booklist. American Library Association. Retrieved from web, 6 April 2010.
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- List of books (up to 2000)
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2014
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American women novelists
- Living people
- 1948 births
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Writers from New York City
- 20th-century women writers
- 21st-century women writers
