Susin Nielsen

Susin Nielsen got her start feeding cast and crew on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. They hated her food, but they saw a spark in her writing. Nielsen went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit TV show. Since then, Nielsen has written for over 20 Canadian TV series. Her first young adult novel, Word Nerd, was published in 2008 to critical acclaim. It won multiple Young Readers’ Choice Awards, as did her second novel, Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom. Her third novel, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, was published in August 2012. It went on to win the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year Award, and a number of Young Readers’ Choice Awards. Author Wally Lamb named it his top YA pick for 2012 in his “First Annual Wally Awards,” and recently Rolling Stone magazine put it at #27 in their list of “Top 40 Best YA Novels.” Her books have been translated into multiple languages. Susin’s new novel, We Are All Made of Molecules, will be published in Canada, the US and the UK in Spring of 2015. She lives in Vancouver with her family and two naughty cats.

Books by Susin Nielsen

Degrassi Junior High: 12 Book Set

Degrassi Junior High: Shane

Tremendous Things

Los optimistas mueren primero

Sin dirección fija

Princess Puffybottom . . . and Darryl

No Fixed Address

Optimists Die First

Becoming Fierce: Teen Stories IRL

The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

Dear George Clooney

Word Nerd

Degrassi Junior High: Melanie

Degrassi Junior High: Wheels

Degrassi Junior High: Snake

Snake

Wheels

Shane

Melanie