Virginia Euwer Wolff came to young adult literature relatively late in life- -approaching age fifty--but in a very short time and with four novels has created her own niche in the genre. "I major in disappointment," Wolff told Booklist's Stephanie...

Virginia Euwer Wolff is the author of five novels for young adults, all of which are notable for their emotional intensity, for their innovation, and for characters that "grab hold and won't let go," as the Horn Book review of her groundbreaking free-verse...

It's a damp winter day, and Virginia Euwer Wolff is savoring the Hungarian mushroom soup at Old Wives' Tales, a popular Portland, OR, cafe. She's fond of this soup; it helped her quit smoking nearly 14 years ago. She had just turned 50....