Suzanne Weyn | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1955 |
Birth Place: | Flushing, Queens, United States |
Occupation: | Novelist, editor |
Alma Mater: | Nassau Community College Binghamton University |
Genre: | Fantasy, Science fiction, Romantic comedy, Children's literature, Young adult fiction |
Notableworks: | The Bar Code Tattoo, The Bar Code Rebellion, The Bar Code Prophecy, Reincarnation |
Suzanne Weyn (born July 7, 1955) is an American author. She primarily writes children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels[1] and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for The Bar Code Tattoo, The Bar Code Rebellion and The Bar Code Prophecy. The Bar Code Tattoo has been translated into German, and in 2007 was nominated for the Jugendliteraturpreis for youth literature given by the German government.[2] It was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Young Adult literature and American Library Association 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
Weyn spent her childhood in New York State and graduated from Nassau Community College and Binghamton University. Following college, Weyn worked as an editor of teen magazines, at Starlog Press, and at Scholastic Inc. before starting her writing career. She has been both an editor, project manager, and an author at Scholastic, Inc. Suzanne Weyn has taught expository, children's, and business writing at New York University. She continues to write and currently also teaches writing at City College of New York and Medgar Evers College. She has a Masters of Science in teaching adolescents from Pace University.
A Novel of the Titanic, Scholastic Press