Wendy Glenn is associate professor in English Education at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Sarah Dessen: From Burritos to Box Office (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and coauthor of Richard Peck: The Past Is Paramount (Scarecrow Press, 2008).
It would be difficult to find any tidbit of information on the
author or her writings that is not included in this book. Links to
articles, Web sites, and specific blog entries are included when
possible in the footnotes and appendix. Any teen with a research
paper on Laurie Halse Anderson who is lucky enough to have access
to this title will walk away with a high mark. Public and school
libraries will be pleased with this purchase.
*VOYA*
This entry in the Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature
series discusses award-winner Anderson’s fiction in depth, with
detailed, critical analysis of each of Anderson’s books and
stories. Glenn draws on reviews and scholarly articles as well as
on Anderson’s blogs and interviews, which are all meticulously
documented in chapter notes and an extensive bibliography.
Anderson’s many YA readers, as well as adults, will enjoy her
comments: casual, clever, self-deprecating, and insightful about
her work, YA literature in general, and teen issues....The warm
anecdotes will reach teens, as will Anderson’s intensely focused
purpose.
*Booklist*
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