Sheedy-Shea, taught us how to write haiku. She once commented, "I decided to become a writer in second grade. Her father was a Methodist minister who wrote poetry on the side, and as a girl Anderson loved to play with his typewriter. She was born October 23, 1961, in the northern New York town of Potsdam. That 1999 novel won an array of honors for Anderson, the author of three earlier picture books for younger readers, for its searing portrayal of a fourteen-year-old girl who becomes mute after a sexual assault. A historical fiction book, Thank You, Sarah! The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving was also published in 2002.Laurie Halse Anderson became a finalist for the prestigious National Book Award with her first work of fiction for young adults, Speak. In 2002, she wrote Catalyst, set in the same high school as Speak, and featuring cameo appearances from the earlier book's characters. The following year, Anderson wrote Fever, 1793, a historical fiction piece. Speak was adapted into a film in 2004, starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role of Melinda Sordino. In 1999, she wrote what is arguably her most famous novel, Speak, which won numerous awards and was a The New York Times best seller. Anderson began her career as a freelance journalist, and worked for a time at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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