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Annette Curtis Klause

Annette Curtis Klause
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Annette Curtis Klause

Annette Curtis Klause was born in Bristol, England, and moved to the United States when she was a teenager. As a child she spouted such fanciful ideas that her peers thought she was an oddity. Having an imagination turned out to be valuable -- she grew up to become a storyteller. Annette currently lives in the Maryland suburbs with her husband and six cats. Three are from SiameseRescue.org, but none are actually Siamese twins -- although one is the fastest cat on three legs and another likes to balance on top of the scratching post like a circus cat. Annette still works full-time as a children's librarian. Bouncing around like a giant bunny during preschool story time... Read full bio

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Good movies based on better teen books
Oak Park Leaves, December 13, 2011
...he must find his true love and make her accept him as he is. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause. Vivian is trying to fit in to her new home in the suburbs. But trying to act “normal” isn’t easy, since she and her family are werewolves...
On our somewhat virtual book club
School Library Journal, December 11, 2011
...I’ve been meaning to share about what’s happened to our book club since it grew somewhat virtual.  My friend and colleague Jane Lofton beat me to it with this post.  I asked her if I could re-post with a few comments to describe what it looked like...
It's easy to get sucked into a good vampire novel
AL.com, October 26, 2011
...returns to his New England boyhood home to discover that all of the residents are turning into vampires. Annette Curtis Klause's 1990 "The Silver Kiss" is Vickie Shill's favorite. Ironically, Shill was drawn to the book not for its vampires, but because...