Suzanne Weyn

Suzanne Weyn
Born (1955-07-06) July 6, 1955
Flushing, New York, United States
Genre Fantasy, Science fiction, Romantic comedy, Children's literature, Young adult literature
Notable works The Bar Code Tattoo, The Bar Code Rebellion, The Bar Code Prophecy, Reincarnation
Website
www.suzanneweynbooks.com

Suzanne Weyn (born July 7, 1955, Long Island, New York) 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.

Biography

Weyn spent her childhood in New York City and graduated from Nassau Community College in 1975 and the Binghamton University in 1977. Following college, Weyn worked as an editor of teen magazines at Starlog Press before starting her writing career. She has been an editor at Scholastic, Inc. and has taught expository, children's, and business writing at New York University and City College of New York. She has a Masters of Science in teaching adolescents from Pace University.

Weyn has written several novel series for teenage girls, and numerous film novelizations. She has written three fairy tale retellings in the Once Upon a Time (book series) from Simon & Schuster: The Night Dance: a Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Water Song: A Retelling of The Frog Prince, and The Crimson Thread: A Retelling of Rumplestiltskin.

Books and novels

"Makeover" series

"No Way Ballet" series

Series illustrated by Joel Iskowitzer

"Sitting Pretty" series

"Cover Kids" series

References

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