A.S. King, author portrait
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A.S. King

Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the best YA writers working today,” A.S. King is the author of over a dozen books for young readers. She is the only two-time winner of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is the recipient of both the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her lifetime contributions to young adult literature. King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade.
I Crawl Through It
Reality Boy
Pick the Lock
Switch
Dig
The Dust of 100 Dogs
Still Life with Tornado
Ask the Passengers
Everybody Sees the Ants
Please Ignore Vera Dietz

Books

I Crawl Through It
Reality Boy
Pick the Lock
The Collectors: Stories
Switch
Dig
The Dust of 100 Dogs
Still Life with Tornado
Ask the Passengers
Everybody Sees the Ants
Please Ignore Vera Dietz

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