Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961. She lives in Potsdam, a very cold place in NY State. She lives with her daughter Stephanie Holcomb Anderson, her husband Greg Anderson and their German Shepard. In the begining, Laurie never saw herself as becoming a writer, she wanted to be a doctor, but apparently fate had other plans for her. Laurie loves to read, mountain bike, write, running in marathons and growing tomatoes in her backyard garden. As a teen , Laurie loved to read, especially fantasy and fiction. Her grades were not so hot, but once her senior year of HS was over, she moved out and wound up on a pig farm in Denmark. Laurie attended Onondaga Community College fopr 2 years. While she was in school , she began to work on a dairy farm, milking cows, and such. After 2 years of C.C, she transferred to Georgetown in 1981. She graduated in 1984 with a B.S.LL. in Launguages and Lingusitics. Laurie loved college basketball and going to her schools games. Some time after all of her school, she met Greg Anderson , a computer nerd who was full of wonders of the 1st Apple 2 computer. In 1985, they had their 1st daughter named Stephanie Holocomd Anderson. 2 years later, they had their other daughter Meredith Laureen. Laurie's first book tha came out was Ndito Runs. In 1999, Speak came out and won an award. The wild heart series was next followed by the Big Cheese. In 2002, YA came out also. From 2000-2006, Laurie traveled the country speaking to teachers, students and librarians about books and stories. After her trip she wrote and came out with her book Twisted. Now her newest book, Chains will be coming out in the fall. In 2002, Laurie was diagnosed with melanoma. Thankfully, this was all removed by doctors. Later, her and Greg divorced. Greg re-married to Susan Kressly and Laurie re-married to Scott Larrabee her childhood sweetheart who tought her how to tie her shoes, after her kids graduate from HS.
Katherine Eglezos
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