Laurie Halse Anderson – laureate 2023 1
Laurie Halse Anderson is one of America’s foremos
t writers for young adults. Her breakthrough novel, Speak, was published in 1999 and has been translated into many languages and adapted for film. In her richly expressive novels for young people she gives voice to the adolescent experience with sometimes brutal honesty. The yearning for love and belonging is a recurring theme for Anderson. Visit alma.se for more information about Laurie Halse Anderson and our other laureates. Cover: Speak: The Graphic Novel, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)