| Short Bio: |
Jo Knowles is the author of the YA novels LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL, JUMPING OFF SWINGS, PEARL, and SEE YOU AT HARRY'S (May 2012). |
| Selected Works: |
LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL (Candlewick Press), a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, 2008
JUMPING OFF SWINGS (Candlewick Press), a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Top Ten, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and Bank Street College Best Book for Young Adults (outstanding merit).
PEARL (Henry Holt)
SEE YOU AT HARRY'S (Candlewick Press), to be published Spring 2012 |
| MySpace Profile: |
www.myspace.com/jo_knowles |
| Travel Range: |
Anywhere in New England—and beyond! |
| Blurbs: |
Praise for SEE YOU AT HARRY'S:
Sometimes your heart has to break before it can heal. SEE YOU AT HARRY'S will make you weep, but it will also fill your soul with the extravagant gift of love. This may be the most beautiful book ever. —Lauren Myracle
Heart-breaking, soul-sustaining, and all-around beautiful. —Rebecca Stead
See You at Harry's is one of the most beautiful, moving books I've ever read. Full of laughter, love, and tears, it will break your heart and put it back together again, with a little more light, a little more hope than there was before. —Kate Messner
This story of an imperfect but loving family and how it holds together through shattering tragedy as well as everyday complications is full of true heart. Jo Knowles' love for her characters shines through on every page. —Sara Zarr
SEE YOU AT HARRY'S is a beautiful, deeply moving story-one never shying from the flawed truths that come from being part of a big, messy family. I finished the book the way I do every Jo Knowles novel: holding it close, not wanting to let go. —Nova Ren Suma
Jo Knowles writes a family you know in your bones-their routines, rituals, petty gripes, recurring jokes-which is why it about kills you when something equally real and terribly unexpected threatens their very existence as a family. Thankfully, Knowles brings hope-first a flicker, then a big, booming beacon of it. I loved it. —Linda Urban
Jo Knowles has crafted a shimmering, pitch-perfect novel of love, loss, and resilience which finds the beauty in the small joys of everyday living, the comfort in the often-infuriating bonds of family, and the gentle hope that grows from the heartbreak of tragedy. Beautiful and life-affirming. ——Libba Bray |
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