Joan Abelove

Joan Abelove (born 1945) is an American writer of young adult novels. She attended Barnard College and has a Ph.D 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 (1998). Go and Come Back 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.

Bibliography

• Go and Come Back (1998)
• Saying it Out Loud (1999)
• Lost and Found (2000)

References

• "Joan Abelove" in Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, entry updated 22 October 2003.