ALAN Award to Laurie Halse Anderson
ALAN, the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, has announced the 2008 Award recipient is Laurie Halse Anderson.
This prestigious US award honours someone who has made a significant contribution to young adult literature in whatever capacity, not just writing. In receiving the award, Laurie Halse Anderson is in the company of authors such as Robert Cormier (1982), Madeleine L’Engle (1986), Cynthia Voigt (1989) and Jerry Spinelli (2005).
Anderson’s titles include Speak (2001) - also a Michael L. Printz Honor Book - Catalyst (2002), Fever 1793 (2002) and Prom (2005).
