Chris Lynch

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Chris Lynch
Born (1962-07-02) July 2, 1962 (age 62)
Boston
OccupationAuthor and teacher
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Emerson College
GenreBooks for young people

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Chris Lynch (born July 2, 1962) [1] is an American writer of books for young people. His works include Inexcusable, a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and Iceman,"The Right Fight", Shadow Boxer, Gold Dust, and Slot Machine, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; Freewill was also a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Some of his works are intended for a high school level audience; some for children and younger teenagers.

Contents

His short story "The Pellet in the paint can" has been included in the collection Guys Write for Guys Read . (New York: Viking, 2005), [2] and "Arrangements" was included in No Such Thing as the Real World (HarperCollins, 2009 ISBN   978-0-06-147058-5).

Lynch was born in Boston [1] where he graduated from Emerson College [ citation needed ] and teaches Creative Writing at Lesley University as of 2011.

Books

Standalone works

He-Man Women Hater's Club series

  1. Johnny Chesthair (1997)
  2. Ladies Choice (1997)
  3. Scratch and the Sniffs (1997)
  4. Babes in the Woods (1997)
  5. The Wolf Gang (1998)

Cyberia series

  1. Cyberia (Scholastic Press, 2008, ISBN   978-0-545-02793-9) [6]
  2. Monkey See, Monkey Don't (Scholastic Press, 2009 ISBN   978-0-545-02794-6)

Vietnam series

  1. Vietnam: I Pledge Allegiance (2011)
  2. Vietnam: Sharpshooter (2012)
  3. Vietnam: Free-Fire Zone (2012)
  4. Vietnam: Casualties Of War (2013)
  5. Vietnam: Walking Wounded (2014)

World War II series

  1. World War II: The Right Fight (2013) [7] [8] [9]
  2. World War II: Dead In the Water (2013) [10]
  3. World War II: Alive And Kicking (2014)
  4. World War II: The Liberators (2015)

References

  1. 1 2 Chris Lynch at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. Scieszka, Jon, ed. (2005). Guys Write for Guys Read. New York: Viking.
  3. The big game of everything (Book, 2008). [WorldCat.org]. 2011-06-03. OCLC   190785898.
  4. Me, dead Dad & Alcatraz (Book, 2005). [WorldCat.org]. 2011-10-25. OCLC   57237592.
  5. Inexcusable (Book, 2005). [WorldCat.org]. 2011-11-02. OCLC   57452514.
  6. Cyberia (Book, 2008). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC   213448627.
  7. Bush, Elizabeth (2014-01-23). "The Right Fight by Chris Lynch (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 67 (6): 324. doi:10.1353/bcc.2014.0133. ISSN   1558-6766. S2CID   141306478.
  8. Davies, Erin (May 2014). "World War II, Book I: The Right Flight". Historical Novel Society.
  9. Soltan, Rita (February 1, 2014). "The Right Fight". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  10. Larsen, Ashley (July 1, 2014). "Dead in the Water". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-05.