'It's the deepest reflection of all'

 

“Yourwriting voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job ofyour voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In yourvoice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, yourheart, your soul.” – Meg Rosoff

 

Bornin Boston on this date in 1956, Rosoff has split her adulthood between theU.S. and Great Britain, primarily residing in London since age32.   A multi-award winner for many of her works, she is perhapsbest known for her Young Adult novel How I Live Now (also anaward-winning movie); Just in Case, named by British librarians asa  “Best Children's Book Published in the UK,” and Picture MeGone, a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award for Young People'sLiterature.   Her latest is the 2022 novel Friends LikeThese.   

 

Rosoffis a Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Literature, and has been selected forthe Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the richest prize in children’sliterature given by the Swedish government to honor the famed Swedishchildren’s author and creator of Pippi Longstocking. 

 

“Oneof the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that ifyou like the book, you'll generally like the person,” Rosoffnoted.   “It doesn't always work in reverse - there are hugenumbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books.”