Patricia McCormick (born May 23, ) is an American journalist and writer of realisticfiction for young adults. She has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award.
Career
McCormick graduated from Rosemont College in – McCormick earned an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalismnd an MFA from the New School in She currently lives in New York City. McCormick is a frequent contributor to several magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, Ladies Home Journal, Town & Country, and Reader's Digest.[1]
Her books rely heavily on research and interviews. To write her novel Sold, McCormick traveled to the brothels of India and the mountain villages of Nepal to interview survivors of sex trafficking. For her book Never Fall Down, she spent a month in Cambodia with a survivor of the Khmer Rouge Genocide.[2]
She has worked with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for standing up for her right to an education. The book, I Am Malala&#;: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, was published in [3]
Works
Cut - PUSH, Scholastic () /10
My Brother's Keeper - Hyperion Books for Children () 7/10
Sold - Hyperion Books for Children () - National Book Award Finalist 9/10
Purple Heart - HarperCollins Publishers () 5/10
Never Fall Down - () - National Book Award finalist 8/10
I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World () 6/10
The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero () 7/10
Awards, recognition and nominations
In McCormick's Cut was named one of the ALA Best Books for Young Adults for that year.[4] McCormick won an Editor's Choice Award from Booklist and was a National Book Award Finalist in for her book Sold.[5]
American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick
Children's Literature Council's Choice
Children's Literature Council's Choice
Teen People Book-of-the-Month selection
New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage
American Library Association Best Book of the Year
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New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage
American Library Association, Top Ten List, Best Books of the Year,
Booklist Editor's Choice Award
Book Sense Pick, Winter
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List,
Chicago Tribune Best of the Year, *National Book Award Finalist,
National Public Radio's Best Books of the Year
New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage
Publishers Weekly, Best Books of
ALA Best Books for Young Adults,
Booklist Top Ten Women's History Books for Youth,
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People,