Susan Beth Pfeffer





Susan Beth Pfeffer

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Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948. She grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs and spent summers in the Catskill Mountains. When she was six her father wrote and published a book on constitutional law, and Pfeffer decided that she, too, wanted to be a writer. That year she wrote her first story, about the love between an Oreo cookie and a pair of scissors. However, it wasn't until 1970 that her first book, Just Morgan, was published. She wrote it during her last semester at New York University; since then, she has been a full-time writer for young people.

She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which range from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels, and include both contemporary and histo...more


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He knows what to do on a day off.

I, on the other hand, didn't go to the movies like I planned. Instead, inspired bya brand new interview I gave, I began the polishing part of the rewrites of The Shade Of The Moon Third And Definitely Last Effort.

I spent two hours (the length of the movie I didn't see) on the first two pages. You may recall, if you committed my March 29, 2012 entry to memory, t... read more »
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Published on May 29, 2012 14:40
Average rating: 3.85 · 44,287 ratings · 7,016 reviews · 81 distinct works
Life as We Knew It (Last Su...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 26,477 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions
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The Dead and the Gone (Last...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 9,316 ratings — published 2008 — 18 editions
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This World We Live In (Last...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 6,895 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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Blood Wounds
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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The Year Without Michael
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions
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Jo's Story
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings4 editions
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Beth's Story
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 90 ratings4 editions
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Meg's Story
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 89 ratings5 editions
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Twice Taken
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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Amy's Story
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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“I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.”
Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It

“I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.”
Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life as We Knew It

“If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.”
Susan Beth Pfeffer, The Dead and the Gone

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