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Barbara Shoup is the Writer-in-Residence at the Indiana Writers Center, where she teaches and mentors writers of all ages and directs a summer learning program for at-risk youth. Her novels for young people have been honored by the PEN Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, the American Library Association, the Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books, the Voice of Young America (VOYA), and the International Reading Association. She lives in Indianapolis.
""Barb Shoup has been an important YA writer for decades."" -John Green ""Grace's voice is fierce and honest as she confronts some terrible truths in her life. In the hands of a lesser author, the story could have been unbearable, but Barbara Shoup's love of her characters and skill as a storyteller carry us to its believable-and ultimately beautiful-conclusion. I recommend this book for readers 18 and older, in the hopes that thoughtful adults will, if they feel it may be helpful, carefully share it with younger readers."" -Helen Frost, author of Keesha's House and All He Knew Shoup is not afraid to lift aside the curtain, to explore the complexities of life and love, friendship and family, giving readers a glimpse into the life of a young woman struggling to define herself in a world where the same people who make her heart sing might also destroy her. In the spirit of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak and Mindy McGinnis's Female of the Species, About Grace introduces readers to a character they will desperately root for to hold on to hope despite a world where so much seems hopeless. -Katherine Higgs-Coulthard, author of Junkyard Dog. In this bold, beautiful, brutal novel, you'll have a new best friend in Grace. She's funny and honest. You'll laugh and cry with her. About Grace is the Orange is the New Black for teens. This is a gorgeous, devastating read. -Margaret McMullan, author of Sources of Light
