Hannah May's Author Study on John Green

Last year Mrs. Boor and several of my friends recommended The Fault in Our Stars for me to read. I knew how popular of a book it was and how many of my friends loved it, but I didn't really think it would be a book for me. I'm very picky in finding books that I like, but I have loved John Green ever since I picked up The Fault in Our Stars last year. Even though it was an emotional story, it was one that many people can relate to. Everyone will fall in love one day and everyone will lose someone they love at one point or another in their life. These are things that can't be controlled. They're just a part of life. In reading The Fault in Our Stars and beginning Looking for Alaska, I believe that Green tries to relate his characters in books to real life people and things that happen in life.

I've noticed so far that I believe his main focus is to have a teen audience. In both books, his main characters are teenagers faced with the everyday struggles of the average high school student. I would like to know why his main focus is teenagers. And more specifically, teenage girls. So far, Looking for Alaska seems to focus on the struggles of a teenage boy who is faced with trying to fit in at a new school where he chose to go because he wanted to be away from his parents. Like most teenagers, he is faced with peer pressure to do things like smoke, drink and have sex. All of these are things that teenagers either have done or been pressured into doing at some point. Green's books are easy to relate to and fun to read.

I didn't pick the book because the author I was not very familiar with the author but the title of the book caught my attention. I thought of a few questions I would like to ask this author. One of the questions is does this book reflect her life its a very interesting story so I would be very interested in seeing if parts of this reflect her life. Another question would be why did things happen exactly the way they did in the story what made her make these things happen. Lastly where did the topic come from was it just a thought that came to mind were some of the events things that really happened? I am curious to find out if the book reflect her life.

Max Shyda author study on Veronica Roth

I originally decided to read Veronica Roth’s ‘Divergent’ because I had heard other students had enjoyed the book and I thought I would as well. Before beginning the book I had also enjoyed seeing the movie. The book holds my attention really well with constant conflict and action to keep it exciting. What also keeps the book interesting is that much of the social conflict is relatable which keeps me engaged. Once I finished the first book in the trilogy I completed the second book in two days and I am on to the third.

I do not have many curiosities about the author. I do however think that the struggles that are battled in the books may relate to her life. She uses a lot of descriptive detail when describing negative feelings and there is always a heavy presence of this in the text.

I picked Nicholas Sparks because I've seen many of his movies and they were all very good and I wanted to see if his books were like the movies. I want to know more about Nicholas Sparks. A lot of his books and movies were based off of love scenes and I always wondered if they were based off his past or if he just liked writing about love stories. He's a really good author and the way he writes and makes his movies makes me wonder where he gets all these ideas from. The way Nicholas Sparks writes really keeps my attention because he is so detailed with everything. I want to continue to read more of his books and see if the writes the same as he did in the ones I've read so far.

John R.'s Thoughts on James Patterson

I chose to read books by James Patterson for my author study reading assignment because I started reading Private by. him last year.  Due to lack of time I never got to finish reading the novel, although I really enjoyed the mystery genre in which he writes and how he develops the plot with every chapter being in a different point of view.  In one chapter you can read of the murderer going about in their daily life, preparing to commit the crime, and then committing the murder in detail from inception to execution, while in the next chapter you can read of the detectives investigating the crime.  I thought this was interesting because I do not believe I have never read a book written in this style where you are aware the events that have unfolded but the protagonist is still struggling to understand what occurred, while the antagonist is trying to keep it all a secret.  I think it is a very interesting plot.

I am interested in discovering how James Patterson got his start as an author and his process for developing characters in his novel.  I am curious to discover if the author models any of his characters such as Jack Morgan off of traits and ideas that he personally possesses or that he wishes he could possess. I would be interested in discovering if James Patterson is also a good at putting the pieces of the puzzle together in his own life and if he is as big of a hot shot ladies man he attempts to portray.

Mahak's Author Study on Cassandra Clare

For my author study, I chose the author Cassandra Clare. I chose this author because I previously read her books and thought they were really well written. Something I would like to know is why she write about the topic that she does. The first book I read by her was really well written as well as being detailed. When reading these books, I can imagine the whole story in my head.

Michael Dinger's Author Study on James Frey

I selected James Frey because I have read a few of his books in the best and I am very familiar with his work. His books are always very interesting and keep your attention. So far I have read five of his books and I am excited for him to publish more. I am very interested to know how he came up with the idea for the series. I would also like to know how long it took him to become successful in the writing field.

When I was in 10^th grade I read his first three books in the  I am number four series then at that point none of the other ones were published yet. This year I have read the fourth and fifth book in the series and I am hooked and can’t wait for him to finish the sixth book. I really wonder how he came up with the idea for all these books because the idea of the book is so original. I also wonder about his life because sometimes writers use there experiences in life to create a story or a book, or the characters are influenced by people they have met in their lives