Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Pfeffer's books include middle-grade novels (The Pizza Puzzle), historical fiction (Nobody's Daughter and its companion volume Justice for Emily), and young adult novels (Family of Strangers and Twice Taken). She began her career in 1970, with the publication of her first book, Just Morgan, which she wrote her last semester at New York University. 80+ Must-read Novels by Black Writers - Black Lit MattersĪward-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, has written over sixty books for children and young adults.Discover the Drama of the Courtroom in These 20 Fabulous Novels Celebrating National Crime Reading Month.Guest Editor, Summer 2023 - Vaseem Khan.June 2023 Book Club Recommendation: When Things Are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent.13 Books to Support and Celebrate Caregivers for National Carers Week.

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She has written over 60 books for children and young adults. Pfeffer has also written a book for adults on writing for children. Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993. She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which ranges from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels and includes both contemporary and historical fiction. Since then, Pfeffer has been a full-time writer for young people. Just Morgan, a young adult novel, was written during her final semester at New York University, and published the following year.

She didn't write her first published book, until much later. At the age of six, when her father wrote and published a book, Pfeffer decided she, too, wanted to be a writer that year, she wrote her first story. Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948, and grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs.

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