Chris Lynch (born July 2, 1962) is an American writer of books for young people. His works include ''Inexcusable'', a finalist for the U.S.

National Book Award for Young People's Literature The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writer ...

, and ''Iceman'',"The Right Fight", ''Shadow Boxer'', ''Gold Dust,'' and ''Slot Machine'', all

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; ''Freewill'' was also a runner-up for the

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. Some of his works are intended for a high school level audience; some for children and younger teenagers. His short story "The Pellet in the paint can" has been included in the collection '' Guys Write for Guys Read''. (New York: Viking, 2005), and "Arrangements" was included in ''No Such Thing as the Real World'' (HarperCollins, 2009 ). Lynch was born in Boston where he graduated from

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and teaches Creative Writing at

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as of 2011.

Books

Standalone works

*''Pieces'' (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013) *''The Big Game of Everything'' (Harper Teen, 2008)' *''Me, dead Dad and Alcatraz'' (

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, 2005, ) **Reviewed in ''

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'' and ''

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'' *''Sins of the Fathers'' (Harper Tempest, 2006) *''Inexcusable'' (

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for Young Readers, 2005) **Korean translation: 용서할수없는 / ''Yongsŏ halsu ŏmnŭn'' (메타포, Sŏul-si : Metʻapʻo, 2008.) *''The gravedigger's cottage'' 2005 *''Who the man '' 2002 *''All the old haunts'' 2001 *''Freewill'' (Harper Teen, 2001, ) **Reviews: ''Horn Book'', ''Chicago Tribune'', ''Kirkus Reviews'' **German translation: ''Nenn es wie du willst'' (Hamburg : Carlsen, 2003) *''Gold dust'' 2000 *''Extreme Elvin'' 1999 *''Whitechurch'' 1999 *''Mick'' and ''Dog eat dog '' 1996 *''Blood relations'' 1996 *''Political timber'' 1996 *''Slot Machine'' 1995 *''Iceman'' 1994 *''Gypsy Davey'' 1994 **Italian translation: ''Davey il vagabond'' (Milano : Mondadori, 2001) *''Shadow Boxer'' 1993

''He-Man Women Hater's Club'' series

# ''Johnny Chesthair '' (1997) # ''Ladies Choice'' (1997) # ''Scratch and the Sniffs'' (1997) # ''Babes in the Woods'' (1997) # ''The Wolf Gang'' (1998)

''Cyberia'' series

# ''Cyberia'' (

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, 2008, ) # ''Monkey See, Monkey Don't'' (Scholastic Press, 2009 )

''Vietnam'' series

# ''Vietnam: I Pledge Allegiance'' (2011) # ''Vietnam: Sharpshooter'' (2012) # ''Vietnam: Free-Fire Zone'' (2012) # ''Vietnam: Casualties Of War'' (2013) # ''Vietnam: Walking Wounded'' (2014)

''World War II'' series

# ''World War II: The Right Fight'' (2013) # ''World War II: Dead In the Water'' (2013) # ''World War II: Alive And Kicking'' (2014) # ''World War II: The Liberators'' (2015)

References

External links

* * 1962 births American children's writers American science fiction writers Writing teachers Emerson College alumni Living people American male novelists {{US-child-writer-stub