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Susan Shreve



A pseudonym used by Susan Richards Shreve

Also know as Susan Shreve. Received the following awards: Jenny Moore Award, George Washington University, 1978; Notable Book citation, American Library Association (ALA), 1979, for Family Secrets: Five Very Important Stories; Best Book for Young Adults citation, ALA, 1980, for The Masquerade; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for Social Studies and the Children's Book Council joint committee, 1980, for Family Secrets: Five Very Important Stories; Guggenheim award in fiction, 1980; National Endowment for the Arts fiction award, 1982; Edgar Allan Poe Award, Mystery Writers of America, 1988, for Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks; Woodrow Wilson fellowships, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1994, and Bates College, 1997; Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation grant.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
 
Novels
   The Nightmares of Geranium Street (1977)
   Loveletters (1978)
   The Masquerade (1980)
   Bad Dreams of Good Grl (1982)
   The Revolution of Mary Leary (1982)
   The Bad Dreams of a Good Girl (1983)
   How I Saved the World On Purpose (1985)
   Lily and the Runaway Baby (1987)
   The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear (1991)
   Wait for Me (1992)
   Amy Dunn Quits School (1993)
   A Will of Their Own (1994)
   The Formerly Great Alexander Family (1995)
   Zoe and Columbo (1995)
   Warts (1996)
   The Goalie (1996)
   Ghost Cats (1997)
   Jonaha the Whale (1998)
   Jonah, the Whale (1998)
   Blister (2001)
   Trout and Me (2002)
   Jonah (2003)
   Under the Watsons' Porch (2004)
   Kiss Me Tomorrow (2006)
   The Lovely Shoes (2011)
   The Search for Baby Ruby (2015)
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Collections
   Family Secrets (1979)
   It's Fine to Be Nine (2000) (with others)
   Tripping Over the Lunch Lady (2006) (with others)
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