Suzanne Fisher Staples

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Suzanne Fisher Staples is the author of six books addressed to children and adolescents. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), she grew up in a small community around Northwestern Pennsylvania. She had three siblings, a sister and two brothers. Suzanne went to Lakeland High School in Scott Township, Pennsylvania. Later, she graduated from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She got a job for 10 years being a news reporter and editor for the United Press International. She worked in many places across the U.S.A. and Asia, including Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, New York, and Washington DC. In 1985, she returned to Pakistan to assess the conditions of poor, rural women and report back to the United States Agency for Interna...more

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Home Again

It was good to be home from Greece – exactly one night in my own bed – then off again to speak at the Pennsylvania School Librarians, then to various schools and conferences – all wonderful, and now home again to focus on writing projects, The Gathering (check it out: www.gathering.keystone.edu) and other business.

Will keep you up to date here and on The Gathering Facebook page.

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Books by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Average rating: 3.73 · 4,838 ratings · 693 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,712 ratings — published 1989 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Haveli (Shabanu, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 767 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Shiva's Fire 3.91 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Under the Persimmon Tree 3.70 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The House of Djinn (Shabanu, #3) 3.57 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Dangerous Skies 3.32 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Green Dog: A Mostly True Story 3.43 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Under The Same Stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Suzanne Fisher Staples (Foreword by) 3.81 avg rating — 21,189 ratings — published 1812 — 309 editions	My rating:

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Shabanu (3 books)
by Suzanne Fisher Staples

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Quotes by Suzanne Fisher Staples

“She tried to keep busy, but each afternoon she was drawn into the courtyard or up into the pavilion, where she sat as still as a pool of water. It was as if she feared she'd fly away into a million pieces if she moved.”
― Suzanne Fisher Staples, Haveli

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“She didn't look up until he was gone. She saw him pas the outside wall of the pavilion and heard his footsteps recede into the stairwell. When he was gone, she bowed her head and let the grief engulf her. Her heart crumpled and shrank, like a ball of paper set on fire.”
― Suzanne Fisher Staples, Haveli

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