Later the same year, she came out came out and had her work Turkey Pox published. This novel was based on Olympic marathon runners from Kenya who circumstances forced to run to and from school on a daily basis. In spite of receiving numerous rejection letters, Anderson maintained her course writing more and even went ahead to release her first complete children/s novel dubbed Ndito Runs – 1996. During this time she also used to write children’s as well as young adult titles. Laurie began her career working as a self-employed journalist. In case you are keen you may have already noted that most of her books are aimed at familiarizing children with American history. She was always fascinated by the different foreign languages and cultures something which she has taken advantage of to make her books extremely unique from the rest. In fact, in her mind, she was working towards becoming a doctor. All this yet she never had a clue that she would one day become a writer. She however admits that as a teenager she developed love for science fiction as well as fantasy. When reading, historical fiction was always her favorite right from when she was still little all through into teenage hood. Fortunately she has completely gotten over it.
When free she also loves marathon training, go hiking in the mountains as well as coaxing a few tomatoes from the fairly rocky soil present in her backyard.Īnderson used to read most of the time, she however, was not good at math but then, most creative people seemingly are. She also has a woodland cottage set up from where she spends several hours writing. When not writing or enjoying time together with her family, she spends time taking care of her garden. After her graduation she chose to transfer to Georgetown University where she pursued another bachelor’s degree in 1984.
She earned her associate degree after successfully completing two years at Onondaga community college where she also used to work on the dairy farm. This experience according to her is what motivated and encouraged her to attend college when she finally came back to the United States. During her senior years in school she left home and ended up spending at least thirteen months as a student in Denmark.
She lives with her husband together with their four children. She is an American based writer who is best known for her impressive work on children’s and young adult books. Laurie Halse Anderson was born on 23rd of October 1961 in Potsdam (New York).
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