I am about to start reading Uglies by: Scott Westerfeld and I thought before I begin, I should research background information about the author.
It all started on May 5, 1963 when Scott was born. He was born in Texas but due to his dad's job, a computer programmer, he moved to California then Connecticut. Westerfeld graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in philosophy in 1985. He married an Australian author, Justine Larbalesteir, and now divides his time between between Sydney, Australia and New York City.Scott Westerfeld is the author of eighteen novels, five for adults, and the other thirteen for young adults, but is most popular for his Uglies series, but has written other books such as, The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds. He is currently working on a piece titled Afterworlds and on March 12, 2013, he shared, "Afterworlds is going to be a long piece of work, with two novels wrapped into one in a strange and mystical way." So keep your eyes open!!
I have read some of Westerfield's work and I found this very interesting. Sometimes knowing about the author's background and life can help us to better understand what we are reading and what his motivations were to write these things.
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