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ⓘ About Lizzie Skurnick
Lizzie Skurnick is a young adult and teen fiction author best known for her novels and essays on teen fiction. Her best-known work is “Shelf Discovery” a creative work praising the young adult novels of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Her works on culture and literature has been featured in the “LA Times,” the “New York Times Book Review,” “Politics Daily,” “Time,” the “Daily Beast,” “Bookforum,” “O,” “NPR,” “The Awl,” and “Jezebel” among many other publications and outlets. Skurnick has at one time served in the Board of The National Book Critics Circle, earned fellowships and residencies from the AWP, Yaddo, Ucross, and the VCCA. She is also a frequent speaker on the intersection between online and print literature on AWP, SXSW, and BEA and has also spoken on young adult literature.
All Book Series by Lizzie Skurnick
The Girls' Life Big Book of Friendship Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2004
That Should Be a Word: A Language Lover’s Guide to Choregasms, Povertunity, Brattling, and 250 Other Much-Needed Terms for the Modern World
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2015
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2009
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lizzie Skurnick?
Lizzie Skurnick is a young adult and teen fiction author best known for her novels and essays on teen fiction. Her best-known work is “Shelf Discovery” a creative work praising the young adult novels of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Her works on culture and literature has been featured in the “LA Times,” the “New York Times Book Review,” “Politics Daily,” “Time,” the “Daily Beast,” “Bookforum,” “O,” “NPR,” “The Awl,” and “Jezebel” among many other publications and outlets.
Which Lizzie Skurnick series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Alias series, the earliest of Lizzie Skurnick's multi-book series: it opens with The Pursuit (2003) and runs to 2 books across 2003–2004, ending with Shadowed (2004).
How many books has Lizzie Skurnick written?
Lizzie Skurnick has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2020. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Alias series with 2 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lizzie Skurnick's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lizzie Skurnick's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Alias (2003–2004, 2 books).
How are Lizzie Skurnick's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lizzie Skurnick's 7 books into 1 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Alias (2 books, 2003–2004).