Becky Albertalli
Becky Albertalli (born November 17, 1982 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American writer for young people.
life and work
Becky Albertalli grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta in a liberal Jewish family. She attended college in Connecticut , later she studied at George Washington University in Washington, DC and at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She earned a PhD in clinical psychology . She then worked for a few years as a psychologist , specializing in working with children and adolescents. After the birth of her first child in 2012, she left this profession and turned to writing. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Brian and two sons.
Albertalli landed a bestseller with her debut novel Just Three Words (English original title: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ) about the coming out of a gay teenager. She won the William C. Morris Award of the American Library Association for the best debut novel in the field of youth literature in 2015, as well as the German Youth Literature Prize of the Youth Jury in 2017 . In 2018 the film adaptation of the novel was released under the title Love, Simon in cinemas.
Since then, Albertalli has published two more novels, The Upside of Unrequited and Leah on the Offbeat , which also have teenagers at the center of the plot and set in the same book universe as their debut. She cited the teenage films by John Hughes and the Australian writer Jaclyn Moriarty as influences on her books .
bibliography
- Just three words . Translated by Ingo Herzke . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-551-55609-7 - also under the title: Love, Simon , ISBN 978-3-551-31752-0 . (Original title: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda . 2015.)
- The Upside of Unrequited (2017)
- A happy ending is just the beginning . Translated by Ingo Herzke. Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3551583994 (English original title: Leah on the Offbeat . 2018.)
- What about us , together with Adam Silvera . Translated by Hanna Christine Fliedner, Christel Kröning, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-03880-030-9 (English original title: What If It's Us , 2018)
Web links
- Becky Albertalli's website
- Becky Albert Alli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mackenzie Gold: Becky Albertalli: The Author Behind Love, Simon . In: Paperclips Magazine . June 7, 2018 ( paperclipsmagazine.com [accessed October 3, 2018]).
- ↑ Interview with Becky Albertalli. Retrieved May 19, 2018 .
- ↑ About | Becky Albertalli. Retrieved May 19, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Becky Albertalli . In: HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher . ( harpercollins.com [accessed May 19, 2018]).
- ↑ FAQ | Becky Albertalli. Retrieved May 19, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Interview with Becky Albertalli. Retrieved May 19, 2018 .
- ^ Becky Albertalli: My inspiration: Becky Albertalli on Jaclyn Moriarty. May 5, 2015, accessed May 19, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albertalli, Becky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia |