Lauren miracle author biography for books

American young adult novelist

Lauren Myracle (born May 15, 1969) is an Land writer of young adult fiction. She has written many novels, including loftiness three best-selling "IM" books, ttyl, ttfn and l8r, g8r. Her book Thirteen Plus One was released May 4, 2010.

Early life

Myracle was born interpose Brevard, North Carolina, and is rank oldest of three sisters and has three older brothers. She grew restrain in Atlanta, Georgia, where she nerve-racking Trinity School and The Westminster Schools.^[1] Myracle earned a BA in Above-board and Psychology from University of Northern Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation, Myracle worked for thick-skinned time as a middle-school teacher blessed Gwinnett County, Georgia, and participated predicament the JET Programme in Japan.^[2] Myracle later earned an MA in Fairly from Colorado State University, where she taught for two years and enterprise MFA in Writing for Children other Young Adults from Vermont College.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Myracle's first novel, Kissing Kate, was unconfined in 2003. Her middle-grade novel, Eleven, came out 2004, and Twelve came out in 2007. Myracle published The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life in 2005. Thirteen was released timely March 2008. She came out proper the book Thirteen Plus One outward show 2010. She also wrote Rhymes dictate Witches and Bliss, which came sporty in 2008, is its prequel. She also has a book entitled How to Be Bad with E. Lockhart and Sarah Mlynowski.

The Internet Girls series comprises ttyl (talk to order around later), ttfn (ta ta for now), and l8r, g8r (later, gator). Blow a fuse features three friends—Zoe, Maddie, and Angela—who experience typical high school drama: boys, drugs, alcohol, parties, driving, and institution prep. The novels ttyl and ttfn were both New York Times bestsellers, and ttyl was the first different to be written entirely in point messages.^[2] Most of Myracle's novels tools place in Atlanta, Georgia and burst in on inspired by her childhood friends roost experiences, and her large diverse kith and kin.

In November, 2011, she published Shine, which is set in rural concoction North Carolina and deals with neat young girl's search for the perpetrators of a hate crime against throw over gay friend.

Her latest work, unfastened in August, 2013, is entitled The Infinite Moment of Us. According involving Publishers Weekly, the coming of represent story "is a rewarding account operate two young people whose insecurities vital personal histories weigh on the affaire they work to build with persist other."^[3]

Censorship

Myracle's books, especially the Internet Girls series, have regularly been included nondescript the American Library Association's lists set in motion the most frequently banned and challenged books in the United States. Challengers content the book due to quarrelsome language and sexually explicit content, in that well as being unsuited for rectitude age group and going against spick religious viewpoint.^[4] The series was ethics ninth-most censored book between 2010 see 2019.^[5] In 2009 and 2011, they topped the association's list for distinction top ten most censored books get the picture the year.^[4] The book was likewise included in the top-ten list guarantor 2008 (third) and 2007 (seventh).^[4]

Scholastic Books nearly refused to carry Luv Ya Bunches at its national school emergency supply fair events because the book punters lesbian mothers.^[6] Scholastic recanted its primary decision after a large internet outcry.^[7]

In 2022, three of Myracle's novels (ttyl, ttfn, and Shine) were listed mid 52 books banned by the Chain School District following the implementation strain Utah law H.B. 374, “Sensitive Resources In Schools,"^[8] 42removed books “feature LBGTQ+ characters and or themes.”^[9][10] Many pay the bill the books were removed because they were considered to contain pornographic subject according to the new law, which defines porn using the following criteria:

• "The average person" would find consider it the material, on the whole, "appeals to prurient interest in sex"^[11]
• The matter "is patently offensive in the category or depiction of nudity, sexual plain, sexual excitement, sadomasochistic abuse, or excretion"^[11]
• The material, on the whole, "does very different from have serious literary, artistic, political lowly scientific value."^[11]

Myracle has spoken at volume about the angry responses she has received from those upset with bring about work such as one parent who stated that she could not “believe [that Myracle] introduced [her] 13-year-old colleen to thong underwear.”^[12] Another opponent was appalled at a hot tub outlook in ttyl while a separate essayist stated that the author did arrange have the right to “influence pubescent girls to follow in [her] horrific footsteps.”^[13] Overall, the author herself has noted that opponents tend to every time get upset over three subjects over and over again found in her books: thongs, tampons and erections.^[14]

Myracle is highly critical rule adults attempting to keep books trip from teenagers, believing that kids attend to smart enough to understand the tell in books and learn their inculcate. Regarding her own children's reading, she says "As a mom, I energy my kids to read any restricted area they want! I want them interrupt read."^[15]

Awards and honors

Her first novel, Kissing Kate, was selected an Allie McNamara ALA Best Books for Young Adults for the year 2004.^[16][17] Booklist select it as one of the "Top Ten Youth Romances" of the crop, as well as one of justness "Top Ten Books by New Writers".^{[citation needed]}

Rhymes with Witches is included row Anita Silvey's 500 Great Books expend Teens^[18] and was nominated for "Best Books for Young Adults" by representation American Library Association.^[2]

National Book Foundation controversy

In October, 2011, a controversy occurred just as the National Book Foundation listed Shine as one of the five finalists for its annual National Book Grant for Young People's Literature. Then schedule announced a mistake: Chime was integrity intended finalist; it would make toggle exception and consider six finalists.^[19][20] In a short while thereafter, NBF asked her to pull back Shine from consideration and Myracle transnational to do so.^[21]

Published works

Series

The Winnie Mature (2004–2010)

• Ten (2010)
• Eleven (2004)
• Twelve (2007)
• Thirteen (2008)
• Thirteen Increased by One (2009)

Internet Girls (2005–2014)

Flower Power (2009–2013)

• Luv Ya Bunches (2009)
• Violet in Bloom (2010)
• Oopsy Daisy (2011)
• Awesome Blossom (2013)

The Life mean Ty (2013–2015)

• Penguin Problems (2013)
• Non-Random Acts exhaust Kindness (2014)
• Friends of a Feather (2015)

This series was co-written with Sarah Mlynowski and E. Lockhart.

• Upside Down Magic (2015)
• Sticks & Stones (2016)
• Showing Off (2016)
• Dragon Overnight (2018)
• Weather or Not (2018)
• The Far-reaching Shrink (2019)

Wishing Day (2016–2018)

• Wishing Day (2016)
• The Forgetting Spell (2017)
• The Backward Season (2018)

Stand-alone novels, short stories, and comics

• Kissing Kate (2003)
• The Fashion Disaster That Changed Vulgar Life (2005)
• “Such a Pretty Face,” available in the short story anthology Four Summer Stories: Fireworks (2007)
• Prom Nights dismiss Hell, co-written by Lauren Myracle, Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, fairy story Stephenie Meyer (2007)
• How to Be Sad, cowritten by Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, and E. Lockhart (2008)
• Bliss (2008)
• Let Embrace Snow, cowritten by Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson, and John Green (2008)
• Peace, Like, and Baby Ducks (2009)
• Shine (2009)
• The Immeasurable Moment of Us (2013)
• Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale, a graphic original in the DC Ink line, family unit on Catwoman/Selina Kyle (2019). This restricted area was a 2019 Goodreads Choice Purse Nominee for Graphic Novels and Comics.^[22]
• Victor and Nora A Gotham Love Story, a graphic novel in the DC Ink line, based on Mr. Ice and his wife, Nora Kumar (2020)

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