Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970 in Evanston , Illinois ) is an American writer for young people who lives and teaches in Chapel Hill , North Carolina .
Life
She grew up in North Carolina, where her parents were professors at the University of North Carolina , which Dessen later attended. She studied English and Creative Writing as a side course. She completed her studies with a university degree in English. Today Dessen teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina.
After college, Dessen started her job at the Flying Burrito Restaurant, despite her parents hoping for a down-to-earth job for her daughter. She worked at night and wrote her first novel during the day . That Summer was released in America three years later . Since then, her eight books have won many awards.
Her penultimate novel Just Listen , which was published in Germany in April 2008, reached number two in the New York Times Book Review in America after its publication in April 2006 . After that, Lock and Key appeared in the USA .
How to deal
Two of her novels, Someone Like You and Summer with You , formed the basis of How to Deal , a 2003 film starring Mandy Moore . The actions of the two books were mixed up and partially changed.
Books
- That Summer (Eng .: that summer or the summer with you or sweetheart )
- Someone Like You (German: Someone like You , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78203-6 )
- Keeping the Moon (German: Crazy Moon , German Pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78180-0 )
- Dreamland (German: I am you or see you in the dreamland )
- This Lullaby (German: Too cool for you , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78198-5 )
- The Truth About Forever (German: Between now and always , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78210-4 )
- Just Listen (German: Just Listen , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78222-7 )
- Lock and Key (German: About Ruby , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78242-5 )
- Along for the Ride (German: Because of You , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78253-1 )
- What Happened to Goodbye (dt .: Stop saying Goodbye , dtv pocket, ISBN 978-3-423-78261-6 )
- The Moon and More (German: The Moon and More, German, ISBN 978-3-423-74010-4 )
- Saint Anything (German: Anything for Love , German, ISBN 978-3-423-71722-9 )
- Once and for All (Ger .: Once and for All , dtv, not yet published)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Literature by and about Sarah Dessen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whose, Sarah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author of children's books |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evanston , Illinois , Illinois |