Happy 75th, Norma Fox Mazer!
leno...@yahoo.com
She lives in Jamesville, NY (near Syracuse?) with her writer/husband
Harry Mazer ("I Love You, Stupid!").
She won the Newbery Honor Award for "After the Rain."
The only books of hers I remember reading were "I, Trissy" and "Out of
Control" (very well written). Voice of Youth Advocates reviewer Kevin
Kenny: "'Out of Control' is an exemplary exploration of an essentially
random act of violence which by today's jaded standards might be
written off by too many.... This is a work of real strength, a book in
which every character, every facet of plot, suggests credibility and
provokes introspection."
In "I, Trissy," which is about a girl and her parents' divorce, some
might take issue with Mazer's portrait of the mother (even though the
father apparently turns out not to be blameless).
"When We First Met" (about a romance and a drunken-driving death) was
turned into a 1984 HBO movie.
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-mazer-norma.asp
(interview)
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22norma+fox+mazer%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en
(book covers and photos)
Writings:
I, Trissy, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1971, reprinted, Dell (New York,
NY), 1986.
A Figure of Speech, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1973.
Saturday the Twelfth of October, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1975.
Dear Bill, Remember Me? and Other Stories, Delacorte (New York, NY),
1976.
(With husband, Harry Mazer) The Solid Gold Kid, Delacorte (New York,
NY), 1977.
Up in Seth's Room, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1979.
Mrs. Fish, Ape, and Me, the Dump Queen, Dutton (New York, NY), 1980.
Taking Terri Mueller, Avon/Morrow (New York, NY), 1981.
Summer Girls, Love Boys, and Other Short Stories, Delacorte (New York,
NY), 1982.
When We First Met, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1982.
Downtown, Avon/ Morrow (New York, NY), 1983.
Someone to Love, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1983.
Supergirl (screenplay novelization), Warner Books (New York, NY), 1984.
A, My Name Is Ami, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1986.
Three Sisters, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1986.
After the Rain, Morrow (New York, NY), 1987.
B, My Name Is Bunny, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1987.
Silver, Morrow (New York, NY), 1988.
(With Harry Mazer) Heartbeat, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.
Babyface, Morrow (New York, NY), 1990.
C, My Name Is Cal, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1990.
D, My Name Is Danita, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1991.
E, My Name Is Emily, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1991.
(With Harry Mazer) Bright Days, Stupid Nights, Morrow (New York, NY),
1992.
Out of Control, Morrow (New York, NY), 1993.
Missing Pieces, Morrow (New York, NY), 1995.
When She Was Good, Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 1997.
Crazy Fish, Morrow (New York, NY), 1998.
Good Night, Maman, Harcourt Brace (San Diego, CA), 1999.
Girlhearts, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2001.
What I Believe, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2005.
Lenona.