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My Life Next Door
My Life Next Door is the first book in the ‘Stony Bay’ series by Huntley Fitzpatrick. It was initially published in 2012 and has since been republished in paperback, hardcover, and eBook versions. The ‘Stony Bay’ series is continued with a companion novel titled The Boy Most Likely To, which was published in 2015 and features characters from My Life Next Door. Background and publication history Fitzpatrick recognized that some aspects of her characters in My Life Next Door come from the people around her, although no characters were based on any specific person, especially not her sister. She found inspiration for this book when going about her daily life, in everyday situations like visiting the beach or shopping, where she found herself scribbling notes and ideas down on old receipts. She credits a young couple who were laughing, teasing each other, and taking photographs together as a main inspiration for Samantha and Jase. My Life Next Door was originally published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntley Fitzpatrick
Huntley Fitzpatrick was an American author of young adult (YA) fiction. She grew up in a small coastal town in Connecticut, wanting to be a writer. She graduated from Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts in 1981, and attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Fitzpatrick worked as an editor in academic publishing and as an editor on teen titles at Harlequin before becoming a full-time YA writer. She lived in Massachusetts with her husband and their six children. She died in April 2022 after a long illness. Novels *'' My Life Next Door'' New York : Dial Books, 2012. *''What I Thought Was True'' New York, New York: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014. *''The Boy Most Likely To'' New York: Dial Books, 2015 Reception Fitzpatrick's books have been generally well received. ''My Life Next Door'' has been described as an "excellent first novel" that "movingly captures the intensity of first love, the corrupting forces of power, and the losses su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial Books
The Dial Press is a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh. The Dial Press shared a building with ''The Dial'' and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924. Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W. R. Burnett and Glenway Wescott, Frank Yerby, James Baldwin, Roy Campbell, Susan Berman, Herbert Gold, Thomas Berger, Vance Bourjaily, Judith Rossner, and Norman Mailer. History In 1963, Dell Publishing Company acquired 60 percent of The Dial Press's stock but the Press remained an independent subsidiary. It was jointly owned by Richard Baron (1923–2021) and Dell Publishing; E. L. Doctorow was editor-in-chief. In 1969 The Dial Press became wholly owned by Dell Publishing Company. In 1976 Doubleday bought Dell Publishing and the children's division of The Dial Press (Dial Books for Young Readers) was sold to E. P. Dutton. The children's division of Dial Press published books under the Pied Piper imprint. Dutton was bought by New American Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 American Novels
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American Young Adult Novels
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