Heartbreak Tennis by Amelia Elizabeth Walden

She died in 2002 in Westport, Connecticut. It was a period of total involvement, of enjoying life to the hilt.” Walden wrote over 40 young adult novels. Walden claimed, “I respond to young people because I remember my own adolescence so vividly – and fondly. Walden told her editor that she intended the novel for young people who lived at the gateway, on that middle ground between adolescence and adulthood. Her first novel, Gateway, was published in 1946. From 1935 to 1945, she taught English and Dramatics at Norwalk High School (Connecticut). She graduated from Columbia University in 1934 and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Īmelia Elizabeth Walden was born in New York City on January 15, 1909. The award highlights works written for a young adult audience that demonstrate a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit. It allows for the sum of $5,000 to be awarded annually to the winning title, and was first awarded on Monday, November 23, 2009. The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award was established in 2008 to honor the wishes of Amelia Elizabeth Walden. The national award is presented annually to the author of a title selected by ALAN's Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee. It is named for Amelia Elizabeth Walden who died in Westport, Connecticut in 2002 and was a pioneer in the field of Young Adult Literature. The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, presented by The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN), is an annual award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence, widespread appeal, and a positive approach to life in young adult literature. The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) 'literary excellence, widespread appeal, and positive approach to life in young-adult literature' Annual literary award Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award

Heartbreak Tennis by Amelia Elizabeth Walden