^ a b 'Susan Beth Pfeffer Biography',, July 2, 2011, accessed June 21, 2014.^ 'Pfeffer, Susan Beth',, accessed June 21, 2014.She was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award, Quill Awards and Hal Clement Award. Pfeffer's books have won the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, the Buxtehude Bull prize and been named awarded an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults (2007) and Teens’ Top Ten Booklist in 2007. She also wrote some short stories such as As it is with Strangers. The Shade of the Moon (2013), Harcourt Children's Books, ISBN 978-7-0.This World We Live In (2010), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 978-4-2.Life as We Knew It (2006), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 0-15-205826-5.Moon Crash Series/The Last Survivors/Life As We Knew It Series Meg's Story (1997 Portraits of Little Women series).

Evvie at Sixteen (1988 Sebastian Sisters series).

What Do You Do When Your Mouth Won't Open? (1981).

Pfeffer cites the film Meteor as inspiration for the Moon Crash series. This became the first of her Moon Crash series. Pfeffer achieved wider notice with her 2006 book Life as We Knew It, a bestseller. Pfeffer says that she enjoys writing about family dynamics. About David (1980) and The Year Without Michael (1987) are two of her books that have received critical notice. She also wrote a book for adults about how to write for children. They include biographies for younger readers, and both historical, such as the Portraits of Little Women series, and contemporary fiction.

Pfeffer's books cover the range of children's literature from picture books to young-adult novels. After college, she moved to Middletown, New York, where she still lives, and continued to write full-time. She published her first book, Just Morgan, in 1970, when she was a senior at New York University. Pfeffer was born in New York City, the daughter of Leo Pfeffer, a lawyer and professor, and his wife, Freda nee Plotkin.

After writing for 35 years, she received wider notice for her series of post-apocalyptic novels, officially titled 'The Life As We Knew It Series', but often called 'The Last Survivors' or 'Moon Crash' series, some of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestselling List. Susan Beth Pfeffer (born February 17, 1948) is a retired American author best known for young adult science fiction.

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