Susan Beth Pfeffer

Susan Beth Pfeffer (born 1949) is a New York Times bestselling author best known for young adult science fiction. She is also known for writing "About David" and the series often called "The Last Survivors," consisting of Life as we Knew it, The Dead and the Gone, and This World we Live in. A fourth book to the series entitled The Shade of the Moon was intended to be published in fall of 2012, but by mutual agreement Pfeffer and her publisher decided to scrap it.

Background

Pfeffer cites the film Meteor as inspiration for the Moon Crash Trilogy. Internationally the series is titled The Last Survivors post apocalyptic fiction.

Bibliography

Moon Crash Series/The Last Survivors

• Life As We Knew It (2006), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 0152-05826-5
• The Dead and the Gone (2008), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 978-015206311-5
• This World We Live In (2010), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 978-0547248042

Awards

Named the American Library Associations Young Adult Library Services Association Best Book for Young Adults 2007 and Teens’ Top Ten Booklist in 2007. Finalist for the Andre Norton Award, Quill Awards, Hal Clement Awards

References

• Crossen, C. (2008, October 24). Weekend Journal; Adviser: Dear Booklover. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), p. W.2. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Global.
• Goodnow, C.(2008, December 18). Profits of Doom: Teen Readers are eating up Post-Apocalyptic Tales. Seattle Post - Intelligencer,B.1. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline
• John, G. (2008). Scary New World. New York Times Book Review, 30. Retrieved via EBSCOhost database, 6 April 2010.
• Must-Reads Blend Fright, Fun. (2009, January 26). The Washington Post,B.2. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline.
• Springen, K. (2010, February). Apocalypse Now. Publishers Weekly, 257(7), 21. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Global.
• Rebecca Woolingtons, R.(2010, March 11). Book Wars Come to High School. The popular reading competition opens to older students. The Register - Guard, L.1. Retrieved April 6, 2010, from Business Dateline.
• Young Adult Library Services Association. Best Book for Young Adults 2007. American Library Association. Retrieved from web, 6 April 2010. [1]
• Young Adult Library Services Association. (2007). Teens’ Top Ten Booklist.American Library Association. Retrieved from web, 6 April 2010. [2]

Sources

• Newspaper Source, EBSCOhost (accessed April 6, 2010).