Susane Colasanti

Susane Colasanti
Susane Colasanti with a funfetti cupcake on her 40th birthday
Born (1973-05-01) May 1, 1973
New Jersey
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Education Academic major in Astrophysics/Earth and Space Science, Academic minor in Psychology; Master's degree in Science Education: Teachers of Physics, 7–12
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania, New York University
Period 2006–present
Genre Young adult fiction
Website
susanecolasanti.com

Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of realistic, contemporary teen novels. Before becoming a full-time author in 2007, Susane was a high school science teacher for ten years. She lives in New York City.[1]

Biography

Susane Colasanti grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, a rural area known for its many acres of woods. As a teenage Jersey girl, Susane felt like her true home was across the water in New York City. She moved to Manhattan to attend grad school at New York University in 1996 and has lived in New York City ever since.

Susane has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Astrophysics/Earth and Space Science with a minor in psychology. She has a master's degree from New York University in Science Education 7–12, Teachers of Physics.[2] Before becoming an author, Colasanti was a high school teacher of earth science, physics and meteorology in Manhattan and the South Bronx.[3] In 2007, Colasanti was finally able to pursue writing as her full-time career, after spending ten years teaching.[2]

Teaching Career

Speaking of her teaching career in high school, she always broke from tradition and followed her own creative approach to her work, like preparing materials way out of the text books, taking after school lessons and designing unconventional science labs. The results that followed always proved outstanding: one hundred percent students sailed through exams when barely forty percent made it before she taught the class. And this miracle indeed happened in a school at South Bronx, considered one of the poorest congressional districts in New York.[4]

"Giving back to the community is something I've always felt really strongly about. I believe in karma, that if you put positive energy out into the Universe, you are creating positive energy in your own life", writes Susane, the teen-romance writer.[5]

She believes that teachers play a pivotal role in the life of kids at school. Some of her former students and colleagues have called her another "real life" Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the Hollywood movie Dangerous Minds).

Writing Career

Colasanti's first book When It Happens was published in 2006.[6] In 2007, after its publication, Colasanti left her job as a teacher in New York City to become a full-time writer. She has since written ten other young adult novels, including the City Love Series.

Colasanti currently and lives in New York City as a full-time writer.[4]

Books

  • When It Happens, New York : Viking, 2006. ISBN 9780670060290 In 842 libraries according to WorldCat.[7][8]
    • translated into German as Falling in love : die Liebe kommt ganz unverhofft
    • Translated into Polish by Marcin Górecki as Gdy nadejdzie czas, 2011
  • Take Me There, New York : Viking, 2008. ISBN 9780670063338 In 688 libraries according to WorldCat.[9][10]
    • Translated into Spanish by Sara Cano Fernández as Llévame allí, 2011
    • Translated into German by Barbara Abedi as Take me there eine Geschichte zum Verlieben
    • Translated into French by Madeleine Nasalik as La pluie, les garçons et autres choses mystérieuses
  • Waiting For You, New York : Viking, 2009. ISBN 9780670011308 In 706 libraries according to WorldCat.[11][12]
    • Translated into Turkish by Süleyman Karakan & Nihal Kuşhan as Ne zaman geleceksin, 2009
    • Translated into German by Barbara Abedi as Waiting for you Geschichte über die Liebe,
    • Translated into Polish as Gdy nadejdzie czas
    • Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Esperando por você
  • Something Like Fate, New York : Viking, 2010 ISBN 9780670011469 In 754 libraries according to WorldCat.[13][14]
    • Translated into Spanish as El novio de mi mejor amiga / Something like fate
    • Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Tipo destino
    • Translated into Indonesian as When it happens = saat hal itu terjadi
  • So Much Closer, New York : Viking, 2011. ISBN 9780670012244 In 616 libraries according to WorldCat.[15][16]
    • Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Bem mais perto
  • Keep Holding On New York : Viking, 2012. ISBN 9780670012251 In 736 libraries according to WorldCat.[17][18]
  • All I Need. New York : Viking, 2013. ISBN 9780670014231 In 97 libraries according to WorldCat. (as of May 2013) [19]

References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. 1 2 A., Angela. "Meet the Author: Susane Colasanti". Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kumar, Lisa. Something About the Author Volume 214. Detroit, Mich: Gale, 2010
  4. 1 2 Colasanti, Susane. "SUSANE COLASANTI BIOGRAPHY" (PDF). rahlee.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Colasanti, Susane. "Life". Susane Colasanti. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/296412/when-it-happens-by-susane-colasanti/9780142411551/
  7. ↑ WorldCat item record
  8. ↑ Reviews: The Guardian, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
  9. ↑ WorldCat item record
  10. ↑ Reviews: Booklist, School Library Journal
  11. ↑ WorldCat item record
  12. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly,
  13. ↑ WorldCat item record
  14. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, School library Journal, Booklist
  15. ↑ item record
  16. ↑ Reviews: School Library Journal,, Booklist
  17. ↑ WorldCat item record
  18. ↑ Reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly
  19. ↑ WorldCat item record
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