Marilyn Reynolds

Marilyn Reynolds (born September 13, 1935) is an American author specialising in young-adult fiction.[1]

Biography

Reynolds grew up in Temple City, California. She attended California State University, Los Angeles and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1965, and her teaching credential in 1967. She earned a Master of Science in 1971 from Pepperdine University. Reynolds was a high school English teacher and a writing workshop instructor and reading specialist.[1][2]

Reynolds is the author of the award-winning True-to-Life Series from Hamilton High.[2] She wrote ten books for the series. She covers sensitive topics ranging from child molestation to rape incidents. Reynolds has written a book for teachers, I Won’t Read and You Can’t Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers. Reynolds creates and helps workshops for educators.[3][4] She has also written a collection of essays called Over 70 and I Don't Mean MPH: Reflections on the Gift of Longevity.

Dysart Unified School District in Arizona banned and removed her book Detour for Emmy in 2000 for its portrayal of a 15-year-old girl who becomes pregnant.[5][6] In 2005 the book was listed on the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom top 10 banned books lost.[7]

Awards

Reynolds won the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults in 1994 and 1995.[8] In 1996 she won the South Carolina Young Adult Book award.[9] She won the American Library Association Best Books for Reluctant Readers in 1996. She was a Finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2001.[10]

Adaptations

In 1996, her novel Too Soon for Jeff was adapted as an ABC Afterschool Special, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Jessica Alba, and written by Reynolds and Karen Kasaba.[11] In 1997, this production was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Children's Special.[12]

Books

True-to-Life Series From Hamilton High School

  1. Detour for Emmy
  2. Too Soon for Jeff
  3. Beyond Dreams
  4. Telling
  5. But What About Me
  6. Baby Help
  7. If You Loved Me
  8. Love Rules
  9. No More Sad Goodbyes
  10. Shut Up!

References

  1. 1 2 "Reynolds, Marilyn 1935-", Contemporary Authors (2008 ed.)  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 "About", Marilyn Reynolds official website (accessed 2015-05-12).
  3. ↑ "July 2013". Amherstwriters.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  4. ↑ "What We Do — 916 Ink". 916ink.org. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Why Have These Books Been Banned/Challenged?", American Library Association, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Arizona School System Sidetracks Detour for Emmy", American Libraries, March 13, 2000.
  7. ↑ Valerie Strauss, "Banned Books Week: the 10 most challenged books every year since 2000", The Washington Post, September 26, 2014.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Young Adult Book Award". Scasl.net. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  10. ↑ "2001 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winners". Ibpa-online.org. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  11. ↑ Lynne Heffley, "'Jeff': Another Perspective on Teen Pregnancy", Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1996.
  12. ↑ "CBS Leads Daytime Emmy Noms", EOnline, April 2, 1997.

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