Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author.  Her books have had great success with over 8 million copies sold.  She is the winner of numerous awards including the Margaret A. Edwards Award, and the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) Award.  Her work has also been nominated two times for the National Book Award. This summer NAMS students read her book called Fever 1793, which chronicled the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.

Find out more about Laurie by visiting her website at www.madwomanintheforest.com

Laurie Halse Anderson will virtually visit this fall on Sepember 22, 2021 at New Albany Middle School.