最近儿子让找这个作家的书,才知道了这个新作家。
这是wiki上的介绍,儿子去掉了他不认识的单词:
Barry Lyga (born September 11, 1971), is an American young adult novelist and short story writer. He lives in New York. Lyga majored in English at Yale receiving his BA in 1993.He then spent ten years working at Diamond Comic Distributors after having spent his teenage years immersed in comic books. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl is Lyga's first novel and was published in 2006. Boy Toy is Lyga's second young adult novel. The book is about Josh, who is about to graduate high school, dealing with the news that Eve, an attractive female history teacher who manipulated him into a sexual relationship when he was twelve, is soon to be released from prison. Hero-Type is Lyga's third YA novel, also set in Brookdale. Kevin Ross (Kross to his friends) saved Leah Muldoon's life, and the town treats him as a hero. However, when patriotic Brookdale witnesses him removing "Support the Troops" magnets from his car, he's set in a difficult position. The town turns against him, and he engages in a mental and verbal fight with a classmate over the rights and wrongs and simple interpretations and beliefs of what it means to be patriotic. Goth Girl Rising is the direct sequel to The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. Set six months after the events of the first novel Goth Girl Rising follows Kyra as she returns home from Maryland Mental Health Unit. Lyga's first graphic novel Mangaman, a meta-fictional tale of East meet West, as a manga boy breaks through a hole in reality and meets a real girl, was illustrated by artist Colleen Doran. It was published in 2011, and received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews.
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