children birth_place awards nationality notableworks language birth_date genre article_title education name occupation alma_mater
1 new york , united states american library association 2000 best books for young adult american '' out loud '' go and come back '' '' saying it english 1945 young-adult fiction joan abelove
 phd in cultural anthropology joan abelove author barnard phd -rrb- college , city university of new york -lrb-
joan abelove

joan abelove -lrb- born 1945 -rrb- is an american writer of young adult novels .
she attended barnard college and has a phd in cultural anthropology from the city university of new york .
she spent two years in the jungles of peru as part of her doctoral research and used the experience as background for her first novel , `` go and come back '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
`` go and come back '' , about a young peruvian girl 's encounter with anthropologists , earned numerous awards and citations , including a `` best books for young adults '' selection of the american library association and `` book prize finalist '' selection of the `` los angeles times '' .
her second book , `` saying it out loud '' , is about a jewish girl coming to terms with her mother 's death from brain cancer .
joan abelove participates in a critique group with gail carson levine , writer of `` ella enchanted '' and `` writing magic '' , a guide for child authors who wish to make their stories better .
she now lives in new york city with her husband and son .
