Nancy Werlin
{{short description|American writer of young-adult novels (born 1961)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|October 29, 1961}}
| birth_place = Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
| nationality = American
| education = Yale University (BA)
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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.{{Cite web |title=Werlin, Nancy 1961– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/werlin-nancy-1961 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Encyclopedia.com}} She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University in 1983.
Awards and honors
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|+Awards for Werlin's writing !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 1999
|{{Sort|Killer's Cousin|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
|{{Sort|Rules of Survival|The Rules of Survival}} |Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction |Finalist |
| 2006
|{{Sort|Rules of Survival|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
External links
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{{Portal|Children's literature |Speculative fiction}}
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- [http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/authors/interviews/NancyWerlin.html Interview by Cynthia Leitich Smith] (2001)
- [http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/07/author-update-nancy-werlin.html Update interview by Cynthia Leitich Smith] (July 2006)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225703/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6594886.html?nid=2788 Q&A With Nancy Werlin by Kit Alderdice], Publishers Weekly, September 11, 2008
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Category:American young adult novelists
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:Novelists from Massachusetts
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American women novelists
Category:American women writers of young adult literature
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:20th-century American women writers