Adult Author's New Gig Adult Authors Writing Children/Young Adult PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit. See http://code.pediapress.com/ for more information. PDF generated at: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:39:03 UTC Contents Articles Alice Hoffman 1 Andre Norton 3 Andrea Seigel 7 Ann Brashares 8 Brandon Sanderson 10 Carl Hiaasen 13 Charles de Lint 16 Clive Barker 21 Cory Doctorow 29 Danielle Steel 35 Debbie Macomber 44 Francine Prose 53 Gabrielle Zevin 56 Gena Showalter 58 Heinlein juveniles 61 Isabel Allende 63 Jacquelyn Mitchard 70 James Frey 73 James Haskins 78 Jewell Parker Rhodes 80 John Grisham 82 Joyce Carol Oates 88 Julia Alvarez 97 Juliet Marillier 103 Kathy Reichs 106 Kim Harrison 110 Meg Cabot 114 Michael Chabon 122 Mike Lupica 132 Milton Meltzer 134 Nat Hentoff 136 Neil Gaiman 140 Neil Gaiman bibliography 153 Nick Hornby 159 Nina Kiriki Hoffman 164 Orson Scott Card 167 P. C. Cast 174 Paolo Bacigalupi 177 Peter Cameron (writer) 180 Rachel Vincent 182 Rebecca Moesta 185 Richelle Mead 187 Rick Riordan 191 Ridley Pearson 194 Roald Dahl 197 Robert A. Heinlein 210 Robert B. Parker 225 Sherman Alexie 232 Sherrilyn Kenyon 236 Stephen Hawking 243 Terry Pratchett 256 Tim Green 273 Timothy Zahn 275 References Article Sources and Contributors 280 Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 288 Article Licenses License 290 Alice Hoffman 1 Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman Born March 16, 1952New York City, New York, United States Occupation Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer Nationality American Period 1977–present Genres Magic realism, fantasy, historical fiction [1] Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1996 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. Biography Born in New York City, and raised on Long Island, Hoffman graduated from Adelphi University, where she received her BA, and received an MA in creative writing from Stanford University, where she was an Edith Mirrielees Fellow. Her first job was at the Doubleday publishing house, which later published two of her novels. She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest. Hoffman is a Scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center [2] She currently lives in Boston, with her husband. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center.[3] Bibliography Novels • Property Of (1977) • The Drowning Season (1979) • Angel Landing (1980) • White Horses (1982) • Fortune's Daughter (1985) • Illumination Night (1987) • At Risk (1988) • Seventh Heaven (1990) • Turtle Moon (1992) • Second Nature (1994) • Practical Magic (1996) • Here on Earth (1997) • Local Girls (1999) • The River King (1994) • Blue Diary (2001) • The Probable Future (2003) Alice Hoffman 2 • Blackbird House (2004) • The Ice Queen (2005) • Skylight Confessions (2007) • The Third Angel (2008) • The Story Sisters (2009) Young adult novels • Aquamarine (2001) • Indigo (2002) • Green Angel (2003) • Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo (omnibus edition) (2003) • The Foretelling (2005) • Incantation (2006) • Green Witch (2010) Children's books • Fireflies: A Winter's Tale (illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin) (1999) • Horsefly (paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher) (2000) • Moondog (with Wolfe Martin; illustrated by Yumi Heo) (2004) Filmography • Independence Day (1983) (writer) • Practical Magic (1998) (novel) • Sudbury (2004) (novel, Practical Magic) • The River King (2005) (novel) • Aquamarine (2006) (novel) External links • Alice Hoffman's website [1] • Alice Hoffman [4] at the Internet Movie Database • Alice Hoffman [5] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database • Radio Interview on WFMT's Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman [6] References [1] http:/ / www. alicehoffman. com/ [2] (http:/ / www. brandeis. edu/ wsrc/ scholars/ profiles/ hoffman. html). [3] Women’s Services–The Hoffman Breast Center (http:/ / www. mountauburn. caregroup. org/ body. cfm?id=29) [4] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0388805/ [5] http:/ / www. isfdb. org/ cgi-bin/ ea. cgi?Alice_Hoffman [6] http:/ / www. victorialautman. com/ ontherecord. shtml#hoffman Andre Norton 3 Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton Born Alice Mary NortonFebruary 17, 1912Cleveland, Ohio, USA Died March 17, 2005 (aged 93) Pen name Andre Norton, Andrew North, Allen Weston Occupation novelist Nationality American Period 1934-2005 Genres science fiction, fantasy, Romance, adventure Spouse(s) never married Partner(s) none Children none Andre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton (February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy author (with some works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction) under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston. Norton published her first novel in 1934, and was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977, and won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the SFWA in 1983. (Alan E. Nourse, assumed by some to be one of her noms de plume, was, in fact, another author of science fiction. Andre Norton is also to be distinguished from Mary Norton, British author of children's fantasy.) Biography Alice Mary Norton was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were Adalbert Freely Norton, who owned a rug company, and Bertha Stemm Norton. She began writing at Collinwood High School in Cleveland, under the tutelage of Miss Sylvia Cochrane. She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper called The Collinwood Spotlight for which she wrote short stories. During this time, she wrote her first book—Ralestone Luck, which was eventually published as her second novel in 1938, the first being The Prince Commands in 1934. After graduating from high school in 1930, Norton planned to become a teacher and began studying at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University. However, in 1932 she had to leave because of the Depression and began working for the Cleveland Library System,[1] where she remained for 18 years, latterly in the children's section of the Nottingham Branch Library in Cleveland. In 1934, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton, a pen name she had adopted to increase her marketability, since boys were the main audience for fantasy.[1] From 1940 to 1941, she worked as a special librarian in the cataloguing department of the Library of Congress, involved in a project related to alien citizenship. The project was abruptly terminated upon the American entry into World War II. In 1941, she bought a bookstore called the Mystery House in Mount Rainier, Maryland. The business failed and she returned to the Cleveland Public Library until 1950. Then she began working as a reader for publisher and editor Martin Greenberg (not the science fiction author Martin H. Greenberg) at the Gnome Press company, where she remained until 1958, after which she became a full-time professional author.[2] Andre Norton 4 She was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. In later years, as Norton's health became uncertain, she moved to Florida in November 1966, and then to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. From February 21, 2005, she was under hospice care. She died at home on March 17, 2005, of congestive heart failure. Her final complete novel, Three Hands for Scorpio, was published on April 1, 2005. She was collaborating with Jean Rabe on the sequel to her 1979 novel Quag Keep, the Greyhawk novel Return to Quag Keep, when she died. Return to Quag Keep was completed by Rabe and published in 2006. On February 20, 2005, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which had earlier honored her with its Grand Master Award in 1983, announced the creation of the Andre Norton Award, to be given each year for an outstanding work of fantasy or science fiction for the young adult literature market, beginning in 2006. While the Andre Norton Award is not a Nebula Award, the eligibility requirements and award procedures are the same as those for the Nebula Awards. Often called the Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy by biographers such as J.M Cornwell[3] and organizations such as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America[4] , Publishers Weekly[5] , and Time, Andre Norton wrote novels for over 70 years. She had a profound influence on the entire genre, having over 300 published titles read by at least four generations of science fiction and fantasy readers and writers. Notable authors who cite her influence include Greg Bear, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, Cecilia Dart-Thornton[6] , Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Charles de Lint, Joan D. Vinge, David Weber, K. D. Wentworth, and Catherine Asaro. Recurring themes Norton started out writing juvenile historical fiction and adventure, and then moved into fantasy and finally science fiction. Again and again in her works, alienated outsiders undertake a journey through which they realize their full potential; this emphasis on the rite of passage continued her association in many readers' minds with young adult fiction, although she became a best seller to adults.[7] In most Norton books, whether science-fiction or fantasy, the plot takes place in the open countryside, with only short episodes in a city environment. Protagonists usually move about singly or in small groups, and in conflict situations they are more often scouts, spies or guerrillas rather than regular soldiers in large military formations.[8] As could be expected of such characters, they tend to be resourceful and capable of taking independent initiative.