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about gayle form:
Gayle Forman is an American New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction, as well as other works. Her works have received several awards and she was a writer for several best-selling American magazines.
Gayle was born on June 5, 1970. Her first writing job was on the popular teen magazine Seventeen. Ella Forman wrote about the problems adolescents face, as well as social concerns and how to overcome them. One of her articles that she wrote for Seventeen magazine was the inspiration for her first young adult novel Sisters in Sanity. After her five-year stint at seventeen, she began a freelance writing career and wrote for other major publications including: Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Budget Travel, Elle, Jane, The Nation and many others. Gayle and her husband traveled the world in 2002, venturing to places like Tanzania, Tonga and Kazakhstan. this inspired her to write her first book, You Can’t Get There From Here: A Year on the Fringe of a Shrinking World. Since then, she has published children’s books as young adult fiction. Gayle currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. she is currently married with two daughters, one of whom she adopted from ethiopia.
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Forman’s first novel was published in 2006 after his world travels in 2002. It is titled You Can’t Get There From Here: A Year on the Margins of a Shrinking World. is a memoir of 8 travel stories of her adventures to a number of countries that are often less popular with American tourists. Gayle describes her encounters with J.R.R Tolkien fans in the mountains of Kazakhstan, her experiences with a lost tribe in South Africa. Gayle tells readers about encounters with cross-dressers in the kingdom of Tonga, rap stars in Tanzania, children in Cambodia, and unemployed prostitutes in Denmark. all the stories are interconnected and describe how everyone’s life is being altered by a shrinking world. Readers also get insight into Gayle’s personal life, as she shares many details in the book, especially one about an argument with her husband while she was in Asia that leaves readers wondering if they are still together.
Her second novel, Sisters in Sanity, was published in August 2007. It was based on an article she had previously written for Seventeen magazine. the article can be easily found by searching online. The book was her first piece of young adult fiction and is about the story of sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill whose worst nightmares come true. Her father enrolls her in a new school that specializes in treating out-of-control teenagers. her future is in the control of the advisors she despises. she meets other people in the treatment center and we see that instead of helping her, her presence in her center only hurts her more.
In 2009, Forman published his next novel Si Me Quedo. the book is aimed at young adults and is about mia, a seventeen-year-old girl who was involved in an accident. she can’t remember what caused the accident and it seems that she can’t remember anything that happened before. she tries to put the pieces together and tries to discover what she has lost. Mia is in a coma and understands everything that happens around her. she can hear the words of the visitors from her. someone enters mia’s life that will change her forever. For this work, Forman won the 2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Award. This is the first book in a two-part series. if i stay was published in 30 different countries. This book earned a spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Gayle says her inspiration for this book of hers was Oregon, the music and people she loved, as well as a tragedy she faced years ago. she believes that this novel is aimed at both teenagers and adults, as everyone can relate to the themes contained in the book.
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The sequel to If I Stay, Where She Went was released in April 2012 to widespread success. It continues the story of Mia and Adam (whom readers will meet in the first part of the series), but is told from Adam’s point of view. In this book, Mia and Adam meet again after both found success in their careers as musicians. They are in New York at the same time and spend a night together that they will never forget.
Gayle’s most recent novel, Just One Day, was published in January 2013. In this book, readers follow main character Allyson Healy’s encounter with Willem de Ruiter and his unexpected trip to Paris. Allyson is more of a planner, someone who doesn’t beat around the bush. willem is the exact opposite of allyson, he is an actor who also has a very free spirit. the couple meet in england at a performance of shakespeare’s twelfth night. they click immediately. When Willem invites Allyson on an impromptu trip to Paris, she agrees and leaves with him. Readers are part of the journey during the 24 hours they spend in Paris, where Allyson’s life changes forever. The next morning, Allyson wakes up alone to find that Willem is gone. Allyson spends the next year growing as a person and longing for Willem. she looks for it and looks for it as the year goes by. Just One Day is the first part of a two-part series. The sequel, One Year Only, is scheduled to be released in October 2013. In One Year Only, readers will get to hear the story from Willem’s point of view. picks up right where she left off one day and tells the story of how the two are separated and almost meet on several occasions. willem misses allyson and goes through a personal transition and finds love. Through these two books, readers can read the same story from two totally different perspectives.
Many of the characters in Gayle’s novels are musicians. Gayle is a huge fan of music and her husband is a musician. she currently plans to continue writing another novel after only a year, and then more and more as long as her staff allows it.
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