All About Laurie
This is a podcast that basically talks about Laurie Halse Anderson's life from when she was kid to know.
Below is the script for the podcast that was made above.
Script:
Laurie Halse Anderson is one of New York Times bestselling author that writes for all ages. Most of her work which approached tough subjects with humor and sensitivity has earned numerous national and state awards as well as international recognition. And two of her books, Speak and Chains, were finalists for the National Book Award.
Laurie Halse Anderson, daughter of Frank and Joyce and born as Laurie Beth Anderson, was born October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York. Anderson as a child loved to read, she read all the time. She wasn’t as skilled in math but like most creative people, she got over it. When Laurie was little, she didn’t think that she would become a writer, but a doctor. While most of her teachers found this dream of hers believable, her chemistry teacher would find this dream funny because the grades she had in the class was terrible.
In senior year of high school, Laurie did something that every kid dreams of, getting out of her parent’s house. However, led to her living in a pig farm but at age of sixteen, you have to take whatever you get. The pig farm was located in Demark where she lived as an exchange student for 13 months. When she came home, she worked minimum wage at a clothing store and this quickly convinced her to go to college. Halse attended Onodaga Community College for two years and she is a proud graduate. In 1981, she transferred to Georgetown University. She graduated from the university in 1984 with a B.S.L.L. in Languages and Linguistics.
For many years, Laurie loved writing, but she considered it more as an hobby. It eventually occurred to her that people would pay her to write so she became a freelance reporter. She then began to write all types of books and in returned gathered several inches of rejection letters. In 1996, her first book, Ndito Runs was published. Later on that year Turkey Pox came out. As years went by, she wrote more books and the more book she wrote the more of them that got published.
Laurie Halse Anderson now lives in northern New York with her childhood sweetheart, now husband, Scot. She has four wonderful children and a mentally ill dog, who she loves so dearly. When she’s not with her family or in her garden, she is spending hours writing in a woodland cottage that was designed for her by her husband.
Anderson is quite sure that she leads a charmed life and is deeply grateful for it.