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Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is the Printz Honor Award-winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels, including Pieces, Kill Switch, Angry Young Man, and Inexcusable, which was a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. He... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Look for humor, find life.
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My life in 8 words: "Dead lucky to have the job I have."
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Angry Young Man
Oct 22, 2011
News:
Angry Young Man has won an award
Jul 14, 2011
Angry Young Man will be released on February 08, 2011 in eBook
Feb 08, 2011
Angry Young Man is now available in eBook
Feb 08, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Angry Young Man
Feb 05, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
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Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011
News:
Inexcusable has won an award
Jan 16, 2011

Chris Lynch Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Look for humor, find life. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I adapt, eventually, to most realities. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Certain swear words. Intellectually childish and lazy on my part. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Tough one. An evening of theatre and a restaurant is a pretty fine occupation. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A dolphin. Is there any creature on earth that seems to be enjoying itself more than the dolphin? Learn more about Chris Lynch

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PublishersWeekly.com, May 10, 2013
...that if the audiobook didnt get carried in enough stores, it wouldnt see the light of day, says Chris Lynch, executive vice-president and publisher at Simon & Schuster Audio, which produced more than 250 titles in 2012, up from 175 in 2011 and 130 the...
Digital Journal, April 28, 2013
...Salinger, Lois Lowry, Marilyn Reynolds, and Sonya Sones. 2004: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, Toni Morrison, Chris Lynch, Barbara Park, Gary Paulsen, Dav Pilkey, Maurice Sendak, and Sonya Sones. 2003: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, J. K....
The Atlantic Wire, April 2, 2013
...valuable place to go in support of future discussions. Halse Anderson mentions the award-winning 2005 book  Inexcusable , by Chris Lynch , which addresses how "it may be all too easy for a good guy to do something terribly wrong." That's a valuable...
Home News Tribune, March 21, 2013
...schools Mock Trial team placed in the finals of the Middlesex County Mock Trial Competition. Team members included Chris Lynch, Sharon Sidhu, Jennifer Garbowski, Karim El Shoubary, Pongkhi Sarmah, Nikki Adevai, Cori Dawson, Michelle Lotfalla, Amy Desai,...
Examiner.com, March 5, 2013
...Famous by Greg Takoudes, A Touch Menacing by Leah Clifford and reissues of Iceman and Shadow Boxer by Chris Lynch. Which of these brand new titles are you most excited about? YA Fics & Flicks...
Kirkus Reviews, December 31, 2012
...s Scarlet—I’ve been waiting for since finishing their predecessors. Others—like Kirby Larson’s Hattie Ever After and Chris Lynch’s Pieces, sequels to Hattie Big Sky and Iceman, respectively—were completely unexpected, but are totally, TOTALLY...
NWI Times, December 16, 2012
...photos not only of family’s going on a trip but celebrities when they landed in Chicago. Author Chris Lynch, whose family owned Monarch Air Service at Midway, was intrigued by pictures of vintage airplanes taken by Rotunno that his family had on...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 10, 2013
...that if the audiobook didnt get carried in enough stores, it wouldnt see the light of day, says Chris Lynch, executive vice-president and publisher at Simon & Schuster Audio, which produced more than 250 titles in 2012, up from 175 in 2011 and 130 the...
Financial Times, May 9, 2013
Investegate, May 9, 2013
...a director To re-elect Richard Goodmanson as a director To re-elect Lord Kerr as a director To re-elect Chris Lynch as a director To re-elect Paul Tellier as a director To re-elect John Varley as a director To re-elect Sam Walsh as a director...
TrustNet, May 9, 2013
...Kerr as a director 1,171,920,467 54,402,212 4,602,153 CARRIED 11. To re-elect Chris Lynch as a director 1,225,153,316 2,968,943 2,614,846 CARRIED 12. To re-elect Paul Tellier as a director 1,224,578,598 3,710,259...
MoneyAM, May 9, 2013
...a director To re-elect Richard Goodmanson as a director To re-elect Lord Kerr as a director To re-elect Chris Lynch as a director To re-elect Paul Tellier as a director To re-elect John Varley as a director To re-elect Sam Walsh as a director...
4 Traders, May 9, 2013
...votes cast To re-elect Richard Goodmanson as a director To re-elect Lord Kerr as a director To re-elect Chris Lynch as a director To re-elect Paul Tellier as a director To re-elect John Varley as a director To re-elect Sam Walsh as a director...
4 Traders, May 9, 2013
...votes cast To re-elect Richard Goodmanson as a director To re-elect Lord Kerr as a director To re-elect Chris Lynch as a director To re-elect Paul Tellier as a director To re-elect John Varley as a director To re-elect Sam Walsh as a director...