Rebecca Stead
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Rebecca Stead (born January 16, 1968) is an American writer of fiction for children and teens.
She received the American Newbery Medal in 2010, the first award in children's literature, for her second book When You Reach Me. Liar & Spy was named the year's best British children's book by a writer who had never won it before.
Life
Stead, a girl from New York City, loved her elementary school years and fondly remembers reading books on a windowsill or under a table.
In 1989, she earned her bachelor's degree from Vassar College.
Rebecca Stead is married to attorney Sean O'Brien and has two children. She and her family live on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Career
Rebecca Stead loved writing as a child but later decided that it was "impractical" and became a lawyer instead. After years as a public defender, she returned to writing after the birth of her two children. She credits her son with sparking her to write a children's book, but not in the way one would imagine. She had amassed story ideas and short stories on a laptop, which the child pushed off a table one day, destroying what she called her serious writing. She started with something light, her debut novel First Light, which was published in 2007 by Wendy Lamb Books, a Random House imprint.
When You Reach Me takes place in New York City from 1978 to 1988. Miranda, a sixth grader, reminisces about the events of the previous few months, laying out clues and puzzles as she encourages an uninteen listener to figure it out. The setting is a tiny slice of Manhattan, with abundant details and colorful characters. It has been described as suspense with a hint of the supernatural. Miranda is a huge fan of Madeleine L'Engle's book A Wrinkle in Time, and her references to it help with the mystery. Miranda's mother is planning to be a guest on The $20,000 Pyramid; Miranda's lifelong friend Sal will no longer speak to her; and "the laughing man," a very odd homeless man, captures Miranda's attention in a strange way.