Moser, Laura 1978(?)-

PERSONAL:

Born c. 1978, in Houston, TX. Education: Attended Amherst College.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Brooklyn, NY. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer.

WRITINGS:

YOUNG-ADULT NOVELS

(With Lauren Mechling) The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, Houghton Mifflin Books (Boston, MA), 2005.

(With Lauren Mechling) All Q, No A: More Tales of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, Houghton Mifflin Books (Boston, MA), 2006.

(With Lauren Mechling) Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad, Houghton Mifflin Books (Boston, MA), 2007.

Also author of a biography of film star Bette Davis. Contributor to periodicals, including Newsday, Slate, and London Guardian.

SIDELIGHTS:

For Sidelights essay, see entry on Lauren Mechling, elsewhere in this volume.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, April 15, 2005, Debbie Carton, review of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, p. 1449.

Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2005, review of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, p. 543.

Kliatt, November, 2006, Amanda MacGregor, review of All Q, No A: More Tales of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, p. 22; July, 2007, review of Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad, p. 27.

School Library Journal, June, 2005, Jennifer Feigelman, review of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, p. 166; September, 2006, Heather E. Miller, review of All Q, No A, p. 212; June, 2007, Rhona Campbell, review of Foreign Exposure, p. 154.

Voice of Youth Advocates, June, 2005, Lynn Evarts, review of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, p. 134.

ONLINE

Boston.com,http://www.boston.com/ (June 11, 2006), Kate Bolick, interview with Moser and Lauren Mechling.

Houghton Mifflin Books Web site,http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/ (November 5, 2008), "Laura Moser."

Social Climber Books Web site,http://www.socialclimberbooks.com/ (November 5, 2008).