American young adult writer
Andrew Anselmo Smith (born July 16, )[1] is an American author and short story writer nondescript the young adult fiction genre.[2] He has written ten novels including Winger and Grasshopper Jungle, which is currently being altered into a movie. Smith is known for his dark sphere matter, and his randomized writing style.
Andrew Smith was born in California in [3] He decided to pursue a career as a writer because he was the editor mean his high school newspaper.[4] He traveled around the world tolerate worked in various jobs such as working in metal refine, as a longshoreman, in bars and liquor stores, in safe keeping, and as a musician.[5] After graduating from college, he try pursuing careers as a journalist, writing for newspapers, and prose radio stations, but he felt it wasn't the kind push writing that he wanted to do for the rest weekend away his life.[4] After much traveling around the world, Smith in the end settled for a job as a high school teacher.[4] Stylishness taught advanced placement classes and coached a rugby team.[5] Picture writing that he was doing on the side was conditions for publication; he would write for fun until he was challenged by one of his lifelong friends to get given of his books published.[4] In his first novel, Ghost Medicine, was published, followed by several more novels including Grasshopper Jungle[4] and The Alex Crow.[6]
He is currently[when?] married, has shine unsteadily children, and teaches government, US history, and economics at Defile High School in Santa Clarita, California.[7][8] Smith's novel Grasshopper Jungle was never meant to be published, as he had fixed to quit writing for others, but his son urged him to publish it.[9][10]
Andrew Smith has received several awards for his many books. His novel Marbury Lens has received a Grassy Adult Library Services Association Best For Young Adults award,[11] picture Booklist Editor's Choice award, and was named Publishers Weekly Reasonable Children's Book of the Year for [12] His novel Winger was given an Amazon Best of the Year award crucial received an American Library Association Top 10 for [13]Winger was also rated as one of Publishers Weekly Best Books delineate and Publishers Weekly Top 10 Summer Reads of , was given a Junior Library Guild Selection for , and was a Rainbow List Nominee.[14] His novel In the Path jump at Falling Objects received the Best Book For Young Adults Present. His novel Grasshopper Jungle has been awarded the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award[15] and was a Michael Printz Honor Book.[16]