Eliot Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer

Schrefer at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014
Born November 25, 1978
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education B.A. with Highest Honors in Literature
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation Writer, teacher
Notable work Endangered, Threatened
Awards

National Book Award Finalist 2012, 2014

Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 2013[1]

Green Earth Book Award 2013[2]
Website
http://www.eliotschrefer.com/

Eliot Schrefer (born November 25, 1978), is an American author of both Adult and Young Adult fiction, and a two-time finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.[3][4] Schrefer's first novel Glamorous Disasters, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. He is most known for his young adult novels Endangered (2012) and Threatened (2014), which are survival stories featuring young people and great apes. He is currently on the faculty of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Career

Schrefer has published eight books to date. In reviewing his novel Endangered, The New York Times praised the depth of his characters, saying “As riveting as the action is, it’s the nuanced portraits of the characters, human and ape, that make the story so deeply affecting.”[5] Dennis Abrams of Publishing Perspectives, also discussed in his review of Threatened, the way in which Schrefer “even makes his chimpanzees…into living breathing characters.”[6]

In drawing parallels between the bonobo apes and human characters in these novels, Schrefer says that writing about the bonobos “allowed me to address more nakedly the feelings—jealousy, loyalty, anger, sorrow—that we all experience.”[7]

List of Works

Glamorous Disasters (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

The New Kid (Simon & Schuster, 2007)

Hack the SAT (Gotham Books, 2008)

The School for Dangerous Girls (Scholastic, 2009)

The Deadly Sister (Scholastic, 2010)

Geek Fantasy Novel (Scholastic, 2011)

Endangered (Scholastic, 2012)

Threatened (Scholastic, 2014)

Spirit Animals book 6: Rise and Fall (Scholastic, 2014)

Spirit Animals (Fall of the Beasts) book 1: Immortal Guardians (Scholastic, 2015)

References

  1. ↑ "Previous Award Recipients: Northland College". Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Green Earth Book Award". The Nature Generation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "National Book Awards-2012". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Croke, Vicki Constantine. "Adapt and Survive: 'Endangered' by Eliot Schrefer". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Abrams, Dennis. "With Latest, Eliot Schrefer Takes YA to Endangered Africa". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "2012 National Book Award Finalist-Young People's Literature". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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