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Analysis Of Morgan Matson 's Novel, It, And The Quest For The Perfect Playlist Essay

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Author’s Biography

Morgan Matson was born in New York City and she grew up there and later on she lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, but halfway through her degree in theater, she started working in the children’s department of Vroman’s Bookstore and fell in love with YA literature.
Following college graduation, she received her M.F.A. in Writing for Children from The New school and worked YA novels as an editor. She received a second M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. It all made sense during this time.
She has novels that has been translated into many different languages, and has been published all over the United States.
Morgan wrote her first novel, it’s called Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, she was inspired by the things that she loves the most such as her love of road trips, snacks, and the quest for the perfect playlist. This novel was named an ALA Top Ten Best Book, a Publisher’s Weekly Flying Start book, and was shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Book Prize.
She then wrote her second novel, it’s called Second Chance Summer, she was inspired by a place that she always spent her summer, she had experiences spending summers in Pennsylvania at the Pocono Mountains. Second Chance Summer was the winner of the California Book Award and it named to the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults List, selected for the Oklahoma Sequoya List, and selected as a School Library Journal Best Book.
She then wrote

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