Eliot Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer (born November 25, 1978) is an American author of both adult and young adult fiction, and a two-time finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.[3][4] Schrefer's first novel Glamorous Disasters was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. He is most known for his young adult novels Endangered (2012) and Threatened (2014), which are survival stories featuring young people and great apes. He is currently on the faculty of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Eliot Schrefer
Schrefer at the Miami Book Fair International, 2014
Born (1978-11-25) November 25, 1978
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationWriter, teacher
EducationB.A. with Highest Honors in Literature
Alma materHarvard University
Notable worksEndangered, Threatened
Notable awardsNational Book Award Finalist 2012, 2014

Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 2013[1]

Green Earth Book Award 2013[2]
Website
eliotschrefer.com

Career

Schrefer has published eleven books to date. In reviewing his novel Endangered, The New York Times praised the depth of his characters, saying "As riveting as the action is, it’s the nuanced portraits of the characters, human and ape, that make the story so deeply affecting."[5] Dennis Abrams of Publishing Perspectives, also discussed in his review of Threatened, the way in which Schrefer "even makes his chimpanzees…into living breathing characters."[6]

In drawing parallels between the bonobo apes and human characters in these novels, Schrefer says that writing about the bonobos "allowed me to address more nakedly the feelings—jealousy, loyalty, anger, sorrow—that we all experience."[7]

List of works

The Ape Quartet
  • Endangered (Scholastic, 2012)
  • Threatened (Scholastic, 2014)
  • Rescued (Scholastic, 2016)
  • Orphaned (Scholastic, September 25, 2018)

The Lost Rainforest
  • Mez's Magic (Katherine Tegen Books, January 2, 2018)
  • Gogi's Gambit (Jaden Tegen Books, February 5, 2019)

Spirit Animals
  • Spirit Animals book 6: Rise and Fall (Scholastic, 2014)
  • Spirit Animals (Fall of the Beasts) book 1: Immortal Guardians (Scholastic, 2015)

Other work
  • Glamorous Disasters (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
  • The New Kid (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
  • Hack the SAT (Gotham Books, 2008)
  • The School for Dangerous Girls (Scholastic, 2009)
  • The Deadly Sister (Scholastic, 2010)
  • Greek Fantasy Novel (Scholastic, 2011)

References
  1. "Previous Award Recipients: Northland College". Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. "Green Earth Book Award". The Nature Generation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. "National Book Awards-2012". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. "2014 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. Croke, Vicki Constantine. "Adapt and Survive: 'Endangered' by Eliot Schrefer". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. Abrams, Dennis. "With Latest, Eliot Schrefer Takes YA to Endangered Africa". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. "2012 National Book Award Finalist-Young People's Literature". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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