Meet Alison McGhee
Club Book with Alison McGhee
Tuesday, October 19, 7 PMPrior Lake Library, 16210 Eagle Creek Avenue Southeast, Prior Lake
Wednesday, November 17, 7 PM
Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Avenue West, Apple Valley
Alison McGhee, a #1 New York Times best-selling author, writes for all ages and in all forms -- from poetry and stories to novels and picture books and essays. Her novel Shadow Baby was a Today Show Book Club pick and her picture book Someday was featured on NPR. Her many awards include four Minnesota Book Awards, the GLCA National Fiction Award, Friends of the American Library Award, Gold Oppenheimer Toy Portfolio Award, ALA Best Books for Children, Parents' Choice Award, and a City Pages Artist of the Year Award. McGhee’s other work includes the children’s books (Countdown to Kindergarten and Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth), the novels (Rainlight, Snap, Falling Boy, and Was it Beautiful) and the poetry book (Only a Witch Can Fly). She is an associate professor of creative writing at Metropolitan State University, where she coordinates the creative writing program. She recently teamed-up with award-winning author Kate DiCamillo to co-write a new young adult novel, Bink and Gollie (September 2010).
What do the critics say?
"Suspenseful and moving." - The New York Times
"A feisty little heroine who often seems equal parts Huck Finn, Eloise, and . . . well, maybe Shakespeare's Beatrice-to-be. . . At once witty, tender, funny, touching, and, by the end, tragic in a way that perfectly brings all to a close, if never to an end. Bound for success, or else the world has gone mad." - Kirkus Reviews
"This is one of those novels in which the quality of the writing lulls a reader . . . the way beauty does in real life." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[McGhee] brilliantly captures the close but guarded ties between residents of a grieving small town, and delivers dialogue with the uncommon and impressive mix of precision, poignancy and believability." - Star Tribune