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American writer
Susane Colasanti (born 1 May 1973) is an American author of
young-adult fiction and a former high-school science teacher. She has published 11 young-adult titles since 2006. She lives in
New York City .
Biography
Education and teaching career
Colasanti grew up in
Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey .
[1] She attended
Bernards High School in
Bernardsville ,
[2]
[3] and then attended the
University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia , where she
majored in
Astrophysics /Earth and Space Science with a
minor in
Psychology . During her senior year, she posed for
Playboy 's "Women of the Ivy League" pictorial, which was published in the magazine's October 1995 issue.
[4]
[5]
Colasanti moved to
Manhattan in 1996, completed a
master's degree from
New York University in science education and physics teaching,
[6] and worked for 10 years as a high-school teacher of earth science, physics, and meteorology in Manhattan and the
South Bronx .
[7]
Writing career
Her first novel, When It Happens , was published in 2006.
[8] In 2007, she left her teaching position to become a full-time writer.
[6] She has since written 10 other young adult novels, including the City Love series. She lives in New York City.
[9]
Books
When It Happens, New York : Viking, 2006.
ISBN
9780670060290 In 842 libraries according to
WorldCat .
[10]
[11]
translated into German as Falling in love : die Liebe kommt ganz unverhofft
Translated into Polish by Marcin Górecki as Gdy nadejdzie czas , 2011
Take Me There, New York : Viking, 2008.
ISBN
9780670063338 In 688 libraries according to WorldCat.
[12]
[13]
Translated into Spanish by Sara Cano Fernández as Llévame allí , 2011
Translated into German by Barbara Abedi as Take me there eine Geschichte zum Verlieben
Translated into French by Madeleine Nasalik as La pluie, les garçons et autres choses mystérieuses
Waiting For You, New York : Viking, 2009.
ISBN
9780670011308 In 706 libraries according to WorldCat.
[14]
[15]
Translated into Turkish by Süleyman Karakan & Nihal Kuşhan as Ne zaman geleceksin , 2009
Translated into German by Barbara Abedi as Waiting for you Geschichte über die Liebe ,
Translated into Polish as Gdy nadejdzie czas
Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Esperando por você
Something Like Fate, New York : Viking, 2010
ISBN
9780670011469 In 754 libraries according to WorldCat.
[16]
[17]
Translated into Spanish as El novio de mi mejor amiga / Something like fate
Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Tipo destino
Translated into Indonesian as When it happens = saat hal itu terjadi
So Much Closer, New York : Viking, 2011.
ISBN
9780670012244 In 616 libraries according to WorldCat.
[18]
[19]
Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Bem mais perto
Keep Holding On New York : Viking, 2012.
ISBN
9780670012251 In 736 libraries according to WorldCat.
[20]
[21]
All I Need. New York : Viking, 2013.
ISBN
9780670014231 In 97 libraries according to WorldCat. (as of May 2013)
[22]
References
^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane (June 9, 2013).
"Shore town is setting for author's seventh young-adult novel" .
The Central New Jersey Home News . New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
^
"Bernards" .
Daily Record . Morristown, New Jersey. June 29, 1991. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
^
"Four Pulitzer Prize winners on tap at Morristown Festival of Books" ,
New Jersey Hills Media Group , June 8, 2015. Accessed October 15, 2021. "Susane Colasanti, author of City Love and a graduate of Bernards High School in Bernardsville"
^ Blackman, Keith (March 30, 1995).
"On an impluse, student poses for 'Playboy' " . Daily Pennsylvanian . Retrieved February 6, 2023 .
^ Phares, Jamie (September 8, 1995).
" 'Playboy' stars sign mags" . Daily Pennsylvanian . Retrieved February 6, 2023 .
^
a
b A., Angela.
"Meet the Author: Susane Colasanti" . Retrieved May 22, 2013 .
^ Kumar, Lisa. Something About the Author (Gale Dictionary of Literary Biography) Volume 214. Detroit, Mich: Gale, 2010
[1]
^
"When It Happens by Susane Colasanti: 9780142411551 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books" . PenguinRandomhouse.com .
^ Hughes, Rhalee.
"Susane Colasanti Biography" (PDF) . Retrieved October 13, 2021 .
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2006).
When it happens . Viking.
OCLC
61859706 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: The Guardian, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2008).
Take me there . Viking.
OCLC
179100352 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2009).
Waiting for you . Viking.
OCLC
262428567 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly,
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2010).
Something like fate . Viking.
OCLC
428731145 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: Kirkus, School library Journal, Booklist
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2011).
So much closer . Viking.
OCLC
642844094 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: School Library Journal, , Booklist
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2012).
Keep holding on . Viking.
OCLC
754387928 – via Open WorldCat.
^ Reviews: Kirkus , Publishers Weekly
^ Colasanti, Susane (July 21, 2013).
All I need . Viking.
OCLC
809789624 – via Open WorldCat.
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