Okay, before his head gets big or something (in truth, not a danger. He’s still a frequent lecturer at Vermont College and close friend of ours and of the college. Anderson is the former faculty chair of the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College (where he was Liz’s advisor and my workshop leader, along with the divine Kathi Appelt). Anderson won the National Book Award in 2007 and he’s scooped up a zillion other prizes along the way- little things like Printz honors, LA Times Books Awards, Boston Globe Horn Book Awards. On to perhaps the most horrifying of all, Anderson’s Octavian Nothing novels, eerie and deeply troubling because the horror- torture and dehumanization of African slaves in Revolutionary America is based on fact, not fiction (yes, there REALLY were Pox Parties.)Īs if you didn’t know, M. How great is this- a trailer for Thirsty created by Tobin's fans. To the gothically campy middle grade Thrilling Tales- Whales on Stilts and Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen (complete with Katie Mulligan- heroine of her own make believe series of Horror Hollow books) to The Game of Sunken Places (an unsung masterpiece, according to my teen daughter “the weirdest book I’ve ever read” high praise from her, indeed), to one of my all time favorites-not just a vampire novel, a poignant coming of age story- Thirsty,
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