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Nancy Werlin


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Nancy Werlin was raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, USA and now lives near Boston. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Yale. Since then, she has worked as a technical writer and editor for several computer software and Internet companies, while also writing fiction. Her young adult fiction varies from realistic fiction to mysteries to fantasy, and includes Are You Alone on Purpose, The Killer's Cousin (Edgar award winner), Locked Inside (Edgar award finalist), Black Mirror, Double Helix, The Rules of Survival (a National Book Award finalist), Impossible (a New York Times bestseller), and Extraordinary (Sept. 2010).
 

Awards: Edgar (1999)  see all

Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Scarborough Fair Trilogy
   1. Impossible (2008)
   2. Extraordinary (2010)
   3. Unthinkable (2013)
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Novels
   Are You Alone On Purpose? (1994)
   The Killer's Cousin (1998)
   Locked Inside (2000)
   Black Mirror (2001)
   Double Helix (2004)
   The Rules of Survival (2006)
   And Then There Were Four (2017)
   Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good (2021)
   Healer & Witch (2022)
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Books containing stories by Nancy Werlin
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Dear Bully (2011)
Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
edited by
Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
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Twice Told (2006)
Original Stories Inspired By Original Artwork

Awards
1999 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel : The Killer's Cousin

Award nominations
2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel (nominee) : The Rules of Survival
2001 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Locked Inside


Nancy Werlin recommends
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The One True Me and You (2022)
Remi K England
"Two different worlds-and hearts-collide, and the result is pure fandom fun."
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The Assignment (2020)
Liza Wiemer
"Readers won’t be able to resist putting themselves in the students’ shoes and thinking about when and where they themselves would draw the line, or if they would dare confront power at all."
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Lovely War (2019)
Julie Berry
"This fascinating, gorgeously written novel of World War I will grip you and remind you that the greatest danger is closing our hearts to love."

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