Sarah Wylie
{{short description|Canadian writer of young adult novels (born 1989)}}
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Sarah Wylie (born 1989) is a Canadian writer of young adult novels. Her first novel, All These Lives, was published in 2012.
Biography
Sarah Wylie lived in Africa and Australia as a child. She graduated from college in 2011 with a degree in Neuroscience.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://sarahwyliebooks.com/about/|accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sarah Wylie|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/sarahwylie|accessdate=12 August 2013}} She currently resides in Alberta, Canada.{{cite web|last=Schick|first=Michal|title=Hypable Exclusive Author Interview: Sarah Wylie|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/01/11/hypable-exclusive-author-interview-sarah-wylie/|work=Hypable|accessdate=12 August 2013|date=11 January 2013}}
Wylie's debut novel, All These Lives (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); June 5, 2012), received starred reviews from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and Library Media Connection, which calls it "a truly original and refreshing novel" with "deft prose [that] makes each page a treasure to read."{{cite journal|last=Stevenson|first=Deborah|title=All These Lives|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|date=June 2012|volume=65|issue=10|pages=537–38|doi=10.1353/bcc.2012.0456|s2cid=143988629|id={{ProQuest|1020913988}}}}{{cite web|title=BCCB - June 2012 Stars|url=http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/2012/June2012/0612star.html|accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{cite journal|last=Pappas|first=Constance G.|title=All These Lives|journal=Library Media Connection|date=November–December 2012|volume=31|issue=3|page=76|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=82982017&site=ehost-live&scope=site|accessdate=12 August 2013}} Canadian Children's Book News, in a glowing review, calls it "a beautifully written and powerful novel" that "sensitively explores how a family copes with a serious illness."{{cite journal|last=Seigel|first=Rachel|title=All These Lives|journal=Canadian Children's Book News|date=Winter 2013|volume=36|issue=1|page=32|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=llf&AN=85341064&site=ehost-live&scope=site|accessdate=12 August 2013}} In positive reviews, Kirkus and School Library Journal write, respectively, that All These Lives is "a tight, even gripping chronicle of the way one girl grapples with domestic catastrophe" that "will speak to teens who may be going through similar tough family situations."{{cite web|title=All These Lives|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-wylie/all-these-lives/|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=12 August 2013|date=15 May 2012}}{{cite journal|last=Pierce|first=Diana|title=All These Lives|journal=School Library Journal|date=1 July 2012|page=93|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=77696759&site=ehost-live&scope=site|accessdate=12 August 2013}} Her next novel, another stand-alone contemporary young adult novel, will be published in 2014.{{cite web|last=McAndrews|first=Jennifer|title=Welcome Wednesday: ALL THESE LIVES author Sarah Wylie!|url=http://www.honestlyya.com/2013/08/welcome-wednesday-all-these-lives.html|work=Honestly YA|accessdate=12 August 2013|date=7 August 2013}}{{Update inline|date=December 2014}}
Recognition
All These Lives was a TriState Young Adult Review Committee Books of Note 2013.{{cite web|title=TriState Reviews Committee Books of Note 2013|url=http://www.tristatereviews.org/BON2013.pdf|accessdate=12 August 2013}}
References
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External links
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- [http://sarahwyliebooks.com/ Official website]
- [http://distraction99.com/2012/04/18/2012-ya-debut-interview-giveaway-all-these-lives-by-sarah-wylie/ YA debut interview] at distraction99.com
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Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:Canadian children's writers
Category:21st-century Canadian novelists