Occupation Writer, teacher Role Author | Name Eliot Schrefer | |
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Education B.A. with Highest Honors in Literature Awards National Book Award Finalist 2012, 2014Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 2013Green Earth Book Award 2013 Nominations National Book Award for Young People's Literature Books Endangered, Fall of the Beasts, The Deadly Sister, The School For Dangero, Glamorous Disasters: A Novel | ||
Notable work Endangered, Threatened | ||
Endangered by eliot schrefer
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. 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.
Contents
- Endangered by eliot schrefer
- Scholastic book clubs interview with eliot schrefer
- Career
- List of Works
- References
Scholastic book clubs interview with eliot schrefer
Career
Schrefer has published eleven 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.” 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.”
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.”
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)
Greek 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)
Rescued (Scholastic, 2016)