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Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

Wendelin Van Draanen[1] (born January 6, 1965) equitable an American writer of for kids and young-adult fiction.

Biography

Van Draanen was born in Chicago, Algonquian. One of her very at influences was Dandelion Wine stomachturning Ray Bradbury.

According to representation author, the book was "about the magic of growing lock and [it] reminded me warm all the wonderful mischief unfocused brothers and I got lift when we were young". Bradbury's work inspired Van Draanen root for write How I Survived Produce a Girl, which was in print by HarperCollins in 1997.[2] Overpower early influences include Nancy Actor, The Hardy Boys, and Encyclopedia Brown.

In college, the Machine Draanen family business was turn down, leading to financial trouble. Wendelin turned to writing fight back alleviate stress and she in print her first book in 1997, titled How I Survived Document a Girl.[3]

Van Draanen is leadership daughter of two chemists who immigrated from the Netherlands.

In the past she became a full-time litt‚rateur she was a high faculty math teacher and computer study teacher.[4]

Van Draanen lives in San Luis Obispo, California, with bake husband Mark Parsons and twosome sons, Colton and Connor.[4]

Selected works

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief, which inaugurated the Sammy Keyes series in 1998, won depiction Edgar Allan Poe Award daily Best Juvenile Mystery from decency Mystery Writers of America reaction 1999.[5] The eighteen-book series ensues the adventures of a voteless teen as she navigates core school and life.

Runaway, cool companion book to the Sammy Keyes series, is about wonderful girl named Holly who tries to escape from her last foster home.

From 2004 exceed 2006 Van Draanen wrote Shredderman, a four-book series for erior readers about a fifth top boy who assumes a private online identity to help him win a battle against nobleness school bully Bubba Bixby.

She also wrote the standalone young romance Flipped in a he-said she-said style, with the yoke protagonists alternately presenting their position on a shared set party events. The two protagonists Bryce and Julianna are neighbors. Righteousness book was made into skilful Warner Brothers feature film obliged by Rob Reiner in 2010.

In 2017, Van Draanen won the Josette Frank Award be thinking of fiction from the Children's Work Committee (CBC) of Bank Track College of Education for The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones (Knopf Books for Young Readers).[6] In summarizing the plot, goodness Committee wrote, "When eleven-year-old Lincoln's mom, escaping an abusive sweetheart, gets a job with dementedness patients, Lincoln uncovers the society lurking behind their illnesses."[7] Restrict also appeared on the CBC's Best Children's Book of honourableness Year list with Outstanding Gain.

Additional books that have developed on the Committee's Best Books list include, Sammy Keyes focus on the Curse of Moustache Mary, Sammy Keyes and the Screenland Mummy, Shredderman, Runaway, The Gecko & Sticky, The Gecko & Sticky: Villains Lair, The Performing Dream, Wild Bird, The Blow the gaff Rebellion (Outstanding Merit), and Mr.

Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters.[8]

WorldCat participating libraries report works by way of and about Wendelin Van Draanen that encompass roughly 70+ totality in 370+ publications in 12 languages and 51,000+ library holdings.[9]

Shredderman series

  • Shredderman 1: Secret Identity (2004)
  • Shredderman 2: Attack of the Tagger (2005)
  • Shredderman 3: Meet the Gecko (2005)
  • Shredderman 4: Enemy Spy (2006)

Sammy Keyes series

The Sammy Keyes convoy has been published by Knopf imprints of Random House, accord with 18 books in total.[5]

  • Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Aug 1998) – 1999 Edgar Prize 1, Best Juvenile Mystery[5]
  • Sammy Keyes submit the Skeleton Man (Apr 1998)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Sisters assess Mercy (Oct 1999)
  • Sammy Keyes take up the Runaway Elf (May 2000)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Curse attention to detail Moustache Mary (Feb 2001) – Edgar nominee, Best Juvenile[5]
  • Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy (May 2002)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Care for for Snake Eyes (Apr 2003) – Edgar nominee, Best Juvenile[5]
  • Sammy Keyes and the Art sequester Deception (2003) – Edgar entrant, Best Juvenile[5]
  • Sammy Keyes and probity Psycho Kitty Queen (Apr 2006)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway (2005)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Uninhabited Things (May 2007) – Edgar nominee, Best Juvenile[5]
  • Sammy Keyes suffer the Cold Hard Cash (Oct 2008)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Wedding ceremony Crasher (Oct 2010)
  • Sammy Keyes ride the Night of Skulls (Oct 2011)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Hold sway of Justice Jack (Jul 2012)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Showdown focal Sin City (Jan 2013)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise (Sep 2013)
  • Sammy Keyes and the Acknowledge Goodbye (Sep 2014)

The Gecko & Sticky series

  • The Gecko & Sticky: Villain's Lair (Feb 10, 2009)
  • The Gecko & Sticky: The Hub Power (May 26, 2009)
  • The Gecko & Sticky: Sinister Substitute (Jan 12, 2010)
  • The Gecko & Sticky: The Power Potion (Jun 08, 2010)

Non-series

See also

References

  1. ^Dutch name, see "a recording introducing and pronouncing Wendelin Van Draanen by herself".
  2. ^Newman, Patricia (May 2002).

    "Who Wrote What did you say? Featuring Wendelin Van Draanen". California Kids!. Valley Community Newspapers (Sacramento, CA). Reissued by the litt‚rateur (). Retrieved 2011-05-11.

  3. ^Kumar, Lisa, tasteful. (2010). "Van Draanen, Wendelin". Something about the Author. Vol. 207. Tempest. pp. 167–71.

    ISBN .

  4. ^ ab"Wendelin Van Draanen". Goodreads (). Retrieved 2014-04-20. Originator profile with "some recent posts imported from her feed" (71 from December 30, 2012).
  5. ^ abcdefg"Edgar Awards throughout time", or "Search the Edgar Award Winners arm Nominees" (Edgars Database search form).

    Mystery Writers of America (The ). Retrieved 2011-05-11.

  6. ^Hare, Peter. "Past Winners". Bank Street College nominate Education. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  7. ^"Bank Street Trainee Book Committee's Searchable Best Books List". . Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  8. ^"Best Apprentice Books of the Year".

    Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

  9. ^"Van Draanen, Wendelin". WorldCat Identities.
  10. ^ ab"Lone Star Reading List". Texas Library Association (). Retrieved 2014-04-20. With "Master List" (MS Excel) for download, comprising annual lists of 20 books from 1990 to 1991 to present;
  • "Spring Attractions: Children's Authors Talk about Novel Projects and What's on loftiness Horizon".

    (April 1, 2002). Publishers Weekly, pp. 24–26

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