Everyone likes sharing their high school photos, right?
To celebrate graduation time and prom season, we asked our YA authors to share photos of themselves back when they were teenagers. And, to our surprise, they did! (We didn’t even to beg… Well, okay, we had to beg a little bit.)
Here they are!
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Allan Stratton, author of The Grave Robber’s Apprentice
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“Me and my Mom, 1965. I was in Grade 9. The most important person in my life ever.”
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Arthur Slade, author of the Hunchback Assignment series
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“I loved Heavy Metal Hair bands. Sadly, after a horrible curler accident, perms no longer work on my hair. The universe will never be the same.”
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Kit Pearson, author of The Whole Truth
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Kit Pearson at boarding school in Grade 10, sporting a very of-the-moment hairdo.
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Lena Coakley, author of The Worlds Below (forthcoming)
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“This is me in high school wearing the leopard-print faux fur jacket and matching hat that I made it myself. Oh, the ‘80s. I was so proud of that thing!”
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Lena Coakley
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…Lena’s junior spring fling outfit was more demure.
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Maggie de Vries, author of Hunger Journeys
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“No wonder they called me Little Dutch Girl!”
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Michael Redhill (on the left), author of I Saved Houdini (coming in 2013)
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“Oh yeah. You totally would have dated me. Then I would have started talking and it would have been all over.”
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Susan Juby, author of Bright’s Light
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“This was taken during my brief but widely uncelebrated time as the Miss Northern Saddle Club representative in the Miss Smithers pageant. As you can see, I wore a cameo because classiness was my policy in the ‘80s.”
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Tish Cohen, author of Switch
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Pretty Tish Cohen, a.k.a the fourth Charlie’s Angel.
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Tom Earle, author of The Hat Trick
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“I’m actually quite proud of the mullet.”
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Vicki Grant, author of Betsy Wickwire’s Dirty Secret
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Yes, those are ducks on Vicki Grant’s dress: “Just one of several homemade prom dresses I rocked.”
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Vikki Vansickle, HarperCollins Canada’s school specialist
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“Maybe I should have sold cars for a living.”
For more information on the authors featured, visit their websites (which, unfortunately, do not feature more high school photos…):
Tom Earle, author of The Hat Trick
www.tomearle.ca
Arthur Slade, author of The Hunchback Assignments series
www.arthurslade.com
Tish Cohen, author of Switch
www.tishcohen.com
Lena Coakley, author of The Worlds Below (forthcoming)
www.lenacoakley.com
Kit Pearson, author of The Whole Truth
www.kitpearson.com
Allan Stratton, author of The Grave Robber’s Apprentice
www.allanstratton.com
Susan Juby, author of Bright’s Light
www.susanjuby.com
Michael Redhill, author of I Saved Houdini (coming in 2013)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Redhill
Vikki Vansickle, HarperCollins Canada’s school specialist
http://vikkivansickle.wordpress.com
Vicki Grant, author of Betsy Wickwire’s Dirty Secret
www.vickigrant.com
Maggie de Vries, author of Hunger Journeys
www.maggiedevries.com
