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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

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Look for humor, find life.
Learn more about Chris Lynch
My life in 8 words: "Dead lucky to have the job I have."
Angry Young Man will be released on August 07, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 12, 2012
Kill Switch will be released on April 17, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 10, 2012
Inexcusable will be released on March 20, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
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 Hardcover, eBook
Feb 08, 2011
Angry Young Man is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 08, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Angry Young Man
Feb 05, 2011
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What’s your fantasy profession?
Nov 01, 2009
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Who are your favorite authors?
Nov 01, 2009
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What are your 5 favorite songs?
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Is there a book you love to reread?
Nov 01, 2009

Chris Lynch Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Look for humor, find life. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Muhammad Ali Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. The artist Damien Hirst, who qualifies by managing to be both artistically nonexistent and vile at the same time. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I adapt, eventually, to most realities. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. Anything deadly befalling my children. Learn more about Chris Lynch

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TMC Net, February 8, 2012
...has helped millions of people learn to speak a new language for more than 50 years," said Chris Lynch, EVP & Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio & Pimsleur. "With Pimsleur Unlimited we have created interactive software that remains true to the Pimsleur...
KPTM FOX 42, February 7, 2012
...has helped millions of people learn to speak a new language for more than 50 years," says Chris Lynch, Executive Vice President & Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio & Pimsleur. "With Pimsleur Unlimited we have created interactive software that remains...
ITbriefing, February 2, 2012
...has helped millions of people learn to speak a new language for more than 50 years," says Chris Lynch, Executive Vice President & Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio & Pimsleur. "With Pimsleur Unlimited we have created interactive software that remains...
Media Bistro, October 21, 2011
...Aside from heading up HarperCollins’ Children’s Books division, Howard has also edited titles by Lynne Reid Banks , Chris Lynch , Rachel Vail and Neil Gaiman . Howard commented on her new role, which begins in mid November, by stating:...
Huffington Post Canada, September 27, 2011
...whose heroine struggles to find the courage to tell the truth about being raped at a party and Chris Lynch's Inexcusable told from the perspective of a teen football player who can't understand why what he has done is considered rape, made his list of...
Huffington Post Canada, September 26, 2011
...whose heroine struggles to find the courage to tell the truth about being raped at a party and Chris Lynch's Inexcusable told from the perspective of a teen football player who can't understand why what he has done is considered rape, made his list of...
PublishersWeekly.com, August 12, 2011
...can tell myself are all for work: a terrific new graphic novel from First Second, Anya's Ghost; Chris Lynch's latest, Kill Switch (a road trip involving a dotty grandpa – or is he a retired assassin?); War & Watermelon (1969, Vietnam, Dylan, and the...
SF Signal, August 4, 2011
...You interviews James Maxey and Stephen Euin Cobb (podcast). My Bookish Ways interviews Justin Gustainis . Angela Slatter interviews Chris Lynch . MTV Geek interviews Daniel Abraham . Alt.Fiction Podcast on Mythology with Mark Chadbourn, Adrian...
Good Books And Good Wine, June 29, 2011
...by John Green Book Review: Between Here And Forever by Elizabeth Scott Book Review: Angry Young Man by Chris Lynch Book Review: He’s So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott Book Review: Stay by Deb Caletti...
Good Books And Good Wine, June 13, 2011
...by Richelle Mead Book Review: A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young Book Review: Angry Young Man by Chris Lynch...
Speakeasy, June 9, 2011
...opportunity to read “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” Or Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak.” Or Chris Lynch’s “Inexusable.” Or any of the books that Ms. Gurdon believes to be irredeemable. I can’t speak for other...
Chasing Ray, June 7, 2011
...ago, an editor bemoaned the need, in order to get the book into schools, to strip expletives from Chris Lynch's 2005 novel, "Inexcusable," which revolves around a thuggish jock and the rape he commits. "I don't, as a rule, like to do this on young adult...
Tez Says, June 6, 2011
...best - writing and reading young adult fiction. The darker the better.* http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html** Chris Lynch's Inexcusable, Lauren Myracle's Shine, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars, and Andrew Smith's The...
Good Books And Good Wine, May 14, 2011
...! [Translate] Related posts: Review of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Book Review: Angry Young Man by Chris Lynch Review: Silent On The Moor by Deanna Raybourn Book Review: Strings Attached by Judy Blundell Book Review: The Color of Magic by Terry...