Van Draanen lives in San Luis Obispo, California with her husband Mark Parsons and two sons, Colton and Connor. Before she became a full-time writer she was a high school math teacher and computer science teacher. Van Draanen is the daughter of two chemists who immigrated from the Netherlands. Wendelin turned to writing to alleviate stress and she published her first book in 1997, titled How I Survived Being a Girl. In college, the Van Draanen family business was burned down, leading to financial hardship. Other early influences include Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and Encyclopedia Brown. Bradbury's work inspired Van Draanen to write How I Survived Being a Girl, which was published by HarperCollins in 1997. According to the author, the book was "about the magic of growing up and reminded me of all the wonderful mischief my brothers and I got into when we were young". One of her very early influences was Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Van Draanen was born in Chicago, Illinois. “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.Wendelin Van Draanen / ˈ w ɛ n d ə l ɪ n v æ n ˈ d r ɑː n ə n/ (born January 6, 1965) is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction. A fast, funny, egg-cellent winner.” - SLJ, Starred review “Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘he-said, she-said’ romance. “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” - The Chicago Tribune Winner of the California Young Reader Medal Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen.
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