A.S. King
| A.S. King | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 March 1970 Reading, Pennsylvania, US |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Young-adult novels and short fiction |
| Notable works |
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| Notable awards | Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2012, 2011 Michael L. Printz Award Honor |
Amy Sarig King (born March 10, 1970) is an American writer of short fiction and young-adult fiction.
Biography
King was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and spent a decade in Ireland before returning to Berks County in 2004. Her second young-adult novel, Please Ignore Vera Dietz was a 2011 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and an Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist. Her third young-adult novel, Everybody Sees the Ants, was named one of the Top Ten Books for Young Adults in 2012 and was an Andre Norton Award finalist.[1] Her fourth young-adult novel, Ask the Passengers, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.[2][3] It was also a Lambda Literary Award finalist,[4] and a Library Journal Best YA Books for Adults selection.
Her short fiction for adults has been published in Washington Square, Contrary, Quality Women's Fiction, Eclectica Magazine, Word Riot,[5] Amarillo Bay, Literary Mama, Underground Voices Magazine, The Huffington Post, Lit103.3 and FRiGG.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and children. She keeps in touch with her fans by internet in several ways (below).[1]
Little, Brown has announced that I Crawl Through It is forthcoming September 2015.[6]
Awards and recognition
King won the 2011 Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Please Ignore Vera Dietz. King won the annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize for young-adult literature in 2012 for Ask the Passengers.[2][3]
Several of her works have been contenders for book awards or have been named to annual booklists.
- 2010 ALA Best Books for Young Adults listing, The Dust of 100 Dogs[7]
- 2010 Junior Library Guild listing, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
- 2010 Cybils Awards finalist, The Dust of 100 Dogs
- 2010 Best New American Voices 2010, Short Fiction nomination, "Monica Never Shuts Up"
- 2011 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults listing, Please Ignore Vera Dietz[8]
- 2011 Cybils Awards finalist, Everybody Sees the Ants
- 2011 Junior Library Guild listing, Everybody Sees the Ants
- 2011 Michael L. Printz Award honor book, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
- 2011 Edgar Award finalist, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
- 2011 Andre Norton Award finalist, Everybody Sees the Ants
- 2012 ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults listing, Everybody Sees the Ants[9]
- 2012 Junior Library Guild listing, Ask the Passengers
- 2012 Lambda Literary Award finalist, Ask the Passengers[4]
- 2012 ALA Rainbow List Top Ten selection, Ask the Passengers
- 2012 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults listing, Everybody Sees the Ants[10]
- 2013 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults listing, Ask the Passengers[11]
Works
- The Dust of 100 Dogs (2009, Flux)[12]
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz (2010, Knopf)
- Everybody Sees the Ants (Oct. 2011, Little, Brown)
- Ask the Passengers (Oct. 2012, Little, Brown)
- Monica Never Shuts Up (Dec. 2012, The Bat Press)
- Reality Boy (Fall 2013, Little, Brown)
- Glory O'Brien's History of the Future (October 2014, Little, Brown)[6]
- I Crawl Through It (forthcoming Sept. 2015, Little, Brown)
- Anthology Contributions
- Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (Sep. 2011, HarperTeen)
- Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors On Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself (Sep. 2013, Chicago Review Press)
- Losing It (2013, Carolrhoda LAB)
- One Death, Nine Stories (2014, Candlewick)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The official hideout". A.S. King. September 10, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books". LA Times Book Prizes (events.latimes.com). April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Announcing the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners". LA Times. April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "LLF Announces Finalists of the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Raul Shows Me Things by A.S. King". Word Riot (wordriot.org). 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Glory O'Brien's history of the future: a novel". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ "2010 Best Books for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). American Library Association (ALA). Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ "2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "The Dust of 100 Dogs". The Dust of 100 Dogs. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Blog
- The Dust of 100 Dogs
- A. S. King at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalog records
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