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Gayle Forman (born June 5, 1971) is an American writer who writes for young adults.

Forman began her career writing for Seventeen magazine. Most of her articles focused on young people and social concerns. Later she became a freelance journalist for publications like Details, Jane, Glamour, The Nation, Elle, and Cosmopolitan. In 2002, she and her husband Nick took a trip around the world. From her journeys, she garnered a wealth of experiences and information which later served as a basis for her first book a travelogue You Can't Get There From Here: A Year On The Fringes Of A Shrinking World. In 2007 she published her first young adult novel Sisters in Sanity which she based on an article she had written for Seventeen. Her most recent novel If I Stay is about a 17 year old girl who has been involved in a tragic car accident. The novel follows Mia's experience as she lies in a coma contemplating whether she should live or die, fully aware of what is going on around her and everything her visitors say and do. Gayle Forman won the 2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Awards and is a [2010 Indie Choice Honor Award] winner for her book If I Stay.

Other notable literary awards-British Fantasy Award (2010), An ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2010), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2011), TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2010).

References

Gayle Forman Official Website http://wwww.gayleforman.com/bio/ 

http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/1719/Gayle-Forman

http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards-indies-choice.asp goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4374400If_I_Stay

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