Mass, Wendy
Personal
Born , in Livingston, NJ; daughter of Norman (a lawyer) and Linda (a psychotherapist); married; husband's name Michael; children: twins. Education:Tufts University, B.A. (English); California State University at Long Beach, M.A. (English); Drew University, doctor of letters degree. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, reading, music, genealogy, archaeology.
Addresses
Home—NJ. Agent—Curtis Brown, Ltd., Ten Astor Place, New York, NY [email&#;protected].
Career
Writer. Worked variously for a literary agent, a television casting company, as a script reader for a film producer, and as a book editor at publishing houses in New York, NY, and CT. Cofounder, with Laura Hoffman, of Writes of Passage (literary journal for teenagers).
Member
Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America East, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Awards, Honors
Schneider Family Book Award, American Library Association, , and New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age designation, and Great Lakes Great Book Award, Michigan State Reading Council, both , and Booksense Choice designation, and several state reader awards, all for A Mango-shap
4 minute read Wendy Mass is an award-winning author of young-adult fiction and nonfiction. Mass, a former book editor who co-created Writes of Passage, a literary journal for teens, earned the Schneider Family Book Award from In this novel Wendy Mass paints a fascinating portrait of a teen with an unusual take on the world: each sound she hears creates a specific color in her mind. the American Library Association for her novel A Mango-shaped Space. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel Leap Day, published in After graduating from Tufts University with a degree in English, Mass moved to Los Angeles, California, to work in the entertainment industry. She later attended graduate school, where she made the decision to write for children and young adults. Moving back east, wher she began her career in publishing, Mass was soon afforded the opportunity to write nonfiction. Her first works, Stonehenge, Teen Drug Abuse, and Women's Rights, appeared in Mass has also written and edited a number of books about authors, including Great Authors of Children's Literature and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction
Wendy Mass (born April 22, ) is an author of young adult novels and children's books. Her novel, A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School in Her other notable works include: 11 Birthdays, A Mango-Shaped Space and Every Soul a Star. Mass's novel Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life was adapted into a feature film in Born in Livingston, New Jersey, Mass's favorite subjects in school were reading and science. Wendy worked at town libraries and bookstores. As a child she would compete with friends to see who could read the most books; this helped develop her writing skills. Her first career vision was to be an astronaut. Mass's first story, co-written by her two siblings, starred a cat that somehow turned into a goat and destroyed her neighborhood. In high school, Mass worked at a local bookstore and continued to hone her writing skills. She took writing classes and decided on writing for her career. As an English major at Tufts University, Mass continued to develop her writing skills. Mass mainly wrote short stories throughout college, and after grad
Wendy Mass is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-one novels for young people (which have been translated into 32 languages and nominated for 92 state book awards), her first was A Mango-Shaped Space (which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association), followed by Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Every Soul a Star, The Willow Falls series (that began with 11 Birthdays), Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (which was made into a feature film), The Candymakers series and Pi in the Sky. Her latest books are Bob (co-written with Rebecca Stead) and two early reader series called Space Taxi (co-written with Michael Brawer), and Time Jumpers. Wendy wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled “Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre,” which aired during the show’s second season. She was named the New Jersey Association of School Librarian’s Author of the Year. Odd hobbies include geocaching, virtual reality, and magic tricks. She lives with her family in northwest New Jersey. (The photo is Wendy at three years ol
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