Susan Vaught

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Susan Vaught (born October 22, 1965) [1] is an American author and neuropsychologist.

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Biography

Vaught received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Science from Vanderbilt University. [1] In 1991, she graduated from Vanderbilt with a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology and Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities Research. [2] Since graduation, she has worked as a neuropsychologist, including serving as the Director of Neuropsychology and the Clinical Director for a hospital in Tennessee. [1]

Vaught is autistic. [3] She presently lives in Kentucky with her wife. [4]

Awards and honors

In 1996, Vaught received the SEAAMR Richard B. Dillard Award For Research In The Field Of Developmental Disabilities. [2]

Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy (2015), [5] Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge (2017), [6] and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse (2019), [7] are Junior Library Guild selections. Bank Street College of Education named Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy one of the "Best Children’s Books of 2016." [8] Trigger received a starred review from Booklist [9] and Publishers Weekly. [10] Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received Booklist, [11] Kirkus Reviews , [12] and Publishers Weekly. [13] Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse received a starred review from Booklist . [14] Publishers Weekly named it one of the best books published in the summer of 2019. [15] Together We Grow received starred reviews from Booklist, [16] Kirkus Reviews, [17] Publishers Weekly, [18] and School Library Journal . [19]

Awards for Vaught's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2005Stormwitch Andre Norton Award Nominee [20] [21]
Carl Brandon Kindred AwardNominee [20]
2006 ALA Best Books for Young Adults Selection [22] [23]
2007Big Fat ManifestoSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNominee [24]
Trigger ALA Best Books for Young Adults Selection [25] [26]
2009Big Fat Manifesto Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection [27]
TriggerSouth Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book AwardNominee [28]
Rhode Island Teen Book AwardNominee [28]
2010Big Fat Manifesto Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Selection [29]
2012Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der JugendjuryNominee [28]
2015 Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy Cybil Award for Middle Grade FictionNominee [5]
2016 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Winner [30] [31]
2017Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Nominee [32]
2019Truman Readers AwardNominee [33]
2020Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Winner [34]
Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's RevengeSouth Carolina Book Award for Junior BookNominee [35]

Publications

Children's

Young adult

L.O.S.T. series

The L.O.S.T. series was co-written with R. S. Collins and Debbie Federici.

  1. L.O.S.T. (2004)
  2. Shadowqueen (2005)
  3. Witch Circle (2006)

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