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Work Accomplishments
My Brother's Keeper is a novel by Marcia Davenport based on the true story of the Collyer brothers, Published in 1954 by Charles Scribner, it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. -
Education
Patricia McCormick attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. -
Work Accomplishments
Cut is a 2000 novel by Patricia McCormick, targeted at young adults. In 2002 it was named one of the ALA's "Best Books for Young Adults" for that year. -
Work Accomplishments
18-year old soldier Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Baghdad. His memories of the events leading up to his hospitalization are spotty at best, he is suffering from TBI - traumatic brain injury. -
Work Accomplishments
Her best book written was Sold, in 2006. It had many awards but the greatest one was the National Book Award in 2006 as well. -
Literary Influences
She loves the work of Carolyn Coman, Kaye Gibbons, Russell Banks and Tobias Wolff. What these writers have in common is that they treat the experience of adolescence and of growing up with great respect and compassion. -
Cinematic Influences
She loves to watch movies that are told from the point of view of a teenager or even a younger adolescent because those characters are often usually on the perimeter in real life.