03.27.2009 2:57 pm
Post-Dispatch Book Editor
Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is the teen reader’s serious BFF.
The characters in her stories suffer through some of the worse things high school — and life – can throw at them: bullying, cutting, depression, sexual violence.
“I don’t think of…
10.16.2008 4:11 pm
Post-Dispatch Book Editor
I just read an interesting article in the New York Times (published Oct. 13). The lede mentions one of my own gripes with young adult literature (the junior ‘Sex and the City’-like obsession with products and sex).
But the story surprises…
05.22.2008 3:03 pm
Post-Dispatch Book Editor
Our correspondent Sue Dittmer attended an event with the three authors who write young adult books (see posting below for their interview). Sue says they really encouraged some of the kids to keep writing and gave them some tips. Thanks…
