1. THE STORY OF THE MAD W---OMAN IN THE FOREST: LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

2. THE STORY OF THE MAD WOMAN IN THE FOREST: LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON Born in Potsdam, New York Born October 23, 1961 Married to Scot Anderson 4 Kids Lives in Mexico, New York Does all her writing in a log cabin in her woods Has a German Shepard Once lived on a pig farm in Denmark Besides writing she also enjoys: -Spending time with friends and family -mountain biking -spending time in her garden -emailing -reading snail mail -much, much more LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

3. THE STORY OF THE MAD WOMAN IN THE FOREST: LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON Her books: -Speak (1999) -Catalyst (2002) -Prom (2005) -Twisted (2007) -Winter Girls (2009) -The Impossible Knife of Memory (2014) -Fever, 1793 (2000) -Chains (2008) -Forge (2010) -Ndito Runs (1996) -Turkey Pox (1996) -No Time For Mother’s Day (2001) -The Big Cheese of Third Street (2002) Thank You Sarah! The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving (2002) -Independence Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution (2008) -The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School (2009) -Fight for Life: Maggie (2000) -Homeless: Sunita (2000) -Trickster: David (2000) -Manatee Blues: Brenna (2000) -Say Good-Bye: Zoe (2001) LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

4. THE STORY OF THE MAD WOMAN IN THE FOREST: LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON More Books: -Storm Rescue: Sunita (2001) -Teacher’s Pet: Haggie (2001) -Trapped: Brenna (2001) -Fear of Falling: David (2001) -Time to Fly (2002) -Masks (2002) -End of the Race (2003) -New Beginnings (2012) -Acting Out (2012) -Helping Hands (2013) - LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

5. THE STORY OF THE MAD WOMAN IN THE FOREST: LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON They call her the mad woman in the forest because she lives a crazy life, she’s mad for all the things she try’s to accomplish at once, and she lives in a forest.

6. Work Cited All these links were used for the making of this presentation: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/anderson/tr anscript#animal http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/anderson/tr anscript#animal http://madwomanintheforest.com/laurie http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxNkZzKmJl4