Her intense desire to not have to do the same thing day in and out turned into numerous picture books, middle-grade titles and award-winning teen and historical fiction, including National Book Award finalist, Speak, and National Book Award finalist, Chains. She became a freelance writer and journalist, though now that she had two children of her own, she was even more interested in writing her own stories. Thinking it was time to get a real job, Laurie realized that people would actually pay her to write. In 1981, she transferred to Georgetown University and graduated three years later with a degree in Languages and Linguistics. While attending Onondaga Community College, she worked at a dairy farm. She developed a fondness for bacon and working with animals. With help from her teachers, Laurie did crack the code and then became one those students who hide library books inside textbooks during class.Īs a teenager, Laurie escaped the traditional classroom and was a foreign exchange student in Denmark, where she worked on pig farm. At times the book is disorienting, but this seems to align with Lia’s state of mind. This book is stark, beautiful, and also painful. She attended elementary school in Syracuse, where she was terrified that she’d never be able to learn how to read. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson is the touchstone YA novel for eating disorders and self-harming.
Laurie Halse (rhymes with “waltz”) Anderson got to know and appreciate cold weather growing up in upstate New York.
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