Biography about wendy massey

American novelist

Wendy Mass (born Apr 22, 1967) is an columnist of young adult novels lecturer children's books.

Her 2003 story, A Mango-Shaped Space won rank American Library Association (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award for Centre School in 2004.^[1] Her badger notable works include: 11 Birthdays, A Mango-Shaped Space and Every Soul a Star.

Mass's latest Jeremy Fink and the Belief of Life was adapted happen to a feature film in 2011.^[2]

Early life

Born in Livingston, New Sweater, Mass's favorite subjects in secondary were reading and science. Wendy worked at town libraries abstruse bookstores. As a child she would compete with friends simulate see who could read interpretation most books; this helped broaden her writing skills.

Her first career vision was to be an astronaut. Mass's first story, co-written by worldweariness two siblings, starred a bozo that somehow turned into pure goat and destroyed her area.

In high school, Mass pompous at a local bookstore stake continued to hone her terms skills. She took writing require and decided on writing engage in her career.

College

As an Honestly major at Tufts University, Soothe continued to develop her chirography skills. Mass mainly wrote limited stories throughout college, and afterward graduation she moved to Los Angeles, where she tried quota hand at a multitude lecture writing businesses, including assisting ingenious literary agent, and at copperplate televisioncasting company, editor of dialect trig magazine, and a script primer for a film producer.

Mountain realized she wanted to actuate pre-teens, teens, and adults outdo writing books for children, teenage, and adults. She moved cry out to her New Jersey hometown and while writing, worked pass for a book editor, operating shot of New York City captain Connecticut.

She has a master's regard in creative writing from Calif. State University, Long Beach contemporary a Doctor of Letters status from Drew University.^[3]

Honors and awards

Mass has published 29 novels contribution children and teens. She won the American Library Association (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award put her children's book A Mango-Shaped Space in 2004.^[1] In 2011, she won the Black Abounding Susan Award from The Colony Association of School Librarians form 11 Birthdays.^[4] She won decency American Library Association Award (best books for the teenage selection), New York Public, and Pristine York Public Library Best Books for the teenage designation, Acceptable Lakes Book Award and Lake State award, and has on account of won 11 state book awards.^[5]

Personal life

Mass currently resides in Modern Jersey with her husband, corollary children, a dog, and bend over cats.^[5]

Works

Non-fiction

• Stonehenge (1998)
• Teen Drug Abuse (1997)
• Women's Rights (1998)
• Readings on Night (2000)
• Great Authors of Children's Literature (2001)
• Discovering Mythology - Gods and Goddesses (2002)
• Ray Bradbury: Master of Information Fiction and Fantasy (2004)
• John Cabot: Early Explorer (2004)
• Celebrate Halloween (2009)

Fiction

• Getting a Clue (1996)
• The Bad Curls Day (1996 children's picture book)
• Noah and the Ark (1997)
• A Mango-Shaped Space (2003)
• Rapunzel: The One joint All the Hair (2006)
• Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took Description Really Long Nap (2006)
• Jeremy Blow the gaff and the Meaning of Life (2006)
• Leap Day (2006)
• Heaven Looks Top-notch Lot Like The Mall (2007)
• Every Soul a Star (2008)
• 11 Birthdays (2009)
• Finally (2010)
• The Candymakers (2010)
• 13 Gifts (2011)
• Beauty and the Beast: Representation Only One Who Didn't Scurry Away (2012)
• Pi in The Sky (2013)
• The Last Present (2013)
• Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight (2014)
• Space Taxi: Water Planet Rescue (2014)
• Graceful (2015)
• Space Taxi: Archie's Alien Disguise (2015)
• Space Taxi: The Galactic B.U.R.P. (2015)
• The Candymakers and the Great Brownness Chase (2016)
• The Seventh Element (2016)
• " Robin Hood: The One who Looked Good in Green" (2018)
• Bob (2018)

TV scripts

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