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| Nancy Werlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1961-10-29) October 29, 1961 (age 63) Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
| Notable work | |
Nancy Werlin (born October 29, 1961, in Salem, Massachusetts) is an American writer of young-adult novels.
Biography
Werlin was born October 29, 1961, in Salem, Massachusetts to Arnold and Elaine Werlin. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University in 1983.
Werlin is Jewish.
Awards and honors
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Killer's Cousin | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel | Winner | |
| 2001 | Locked Inside | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel | Finalist | |
| 2006 | The Rules of Survival | Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction | Finalist | |
| 2006 | The Rules of Survival | National Book Award for Young People's Literature | Finalist |
Publications
- Are You Alone on Purpose? (1994)
- The Killer's Cousin (1998)
- Locked Inside (2000)
- Black Mirror (2001)
- Double Helix (2004)
- The Rules of Survival (2006)
- Impossible (2008)
- Extraordinary (2010)
- Unthinkable (2013) – sequel to Impossible
- And Then There Were Four (2017)
- Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good (2021)
- Healer and Witch (2022)
References
- Nancy Werlin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ "Werlin, Nancy 1961–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- "2006 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "National Book Awards 2006". National Book Foundation. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Interview by Cynthia Leitich Smith (2001)
- Update interview by Cynthia Leitich Smith (July 2006)
- Q&A With Nancy Werlin by Kit Alderdice, Publishers Weekly, September 11, 2008
- Nancy Werlin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Nancy Werlin at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalog records
- 1961 births
- American young adult novelists
- American fantasy writers
- Novelists from Massachusetts
- Living people
- American women novelists
- American women writers of young adult literature
- Edgar Award winners
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Yale College alumni