Background
Friend was born in a town in upstate New York, to an English professor father and poet/actress mother.
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My Life in Black and White
(What if you lost the thing that made you who you are? L...)
What if you lost the thing that made you who you are? Lexi has always been stunning. Her butter-colored hair and perfect features have helped her attract friends, a boyfriend, and the attention of a modeling scout. But everything changes the night Lexi's face goes through a windshield. Now she's not sure what's worse: the scars she'll have to live with forever, or what she saw going on between her best friend and her boyfriend right before the accident. With the help of her trombone-playing, defiantly uncool older sister and a guy at school recovering from his own recent trauma, Lexi learns she's much more than just a pretty face.
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Natasha Friend
Edit ProfileEducation
Bates College; Clemson University.
Career
Her first three books are the award-winning, young adult novels Perfect, Lush, and Bounce. She began writing books at the age of nine. In 1994, Friend received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
She earned her Master of Arts in English at Clemson University.
She has taught at the Brearley School in New York City, and Ecole Bilingue-International School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Friend also served as director of the Brimmer and May Summer Camp in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Friend"s writing has appeared in Family Fun magazine and the book Chicken Soup for the Volunteer"s Soul.
Achievements
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PERFECT Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2008 Golden Sower Award, 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, 2007-2008 Book Sense Pick, 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children"s Literature, 2004 LUSH Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2008 American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2006 BOUNCE One of NYPL"s Best for the Teen Age, 2008 Foreign KeepsParper Back 2011.
Works
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My Life in Black and White
(What if you lost the thing that made you who you are? L...)
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My Life in Black and White
Education
Awards
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PERFECT Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2008 Golden Sower Award, 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, 2007-2008 Book Sense Pick, 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, 2004 LUSH Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2008 A.L.A. Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2006 BOUNCE One of NYPL's Best for the Teen Age, 2008 For Keeps- Parper Back 2011PERFECT Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2008 Golden Sower Award, 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, 2007-2008 Book Sense Pick, 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, 2004 LUSH Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2008 A.L.A. Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2006 BOUNCE One of NYPL's Best for the Teen Age, 2008 For Keeps- Parper Back 2011
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PERFECT Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2008 Golden Sower Award, 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, 2007-2008 Book Sense Pick, 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, 2004 LUSH Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2008 A.L.A. Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2006 BOUNCE One of NYPL's Best for the Teen Age, 2008 For Keeps- Parper Back 2011PERFECT Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2008 Golden Sower Award, 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, 2007-2008 Book Sense Pick, 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, 2004 LUSH Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2008 A.L.A. Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2006 BOUNCE One of NYPL's Best for the Teen Age, 2008 For Keeps- Parper Back 2011