Avi Wortis Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 15 pages of information about the life of Avi Wortis.

Avi Wortis Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 15 pages of information about the life of Avi Wortis.
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Authors and Artists for Young Adults on Avi Wortis

An inventive and prolific writer, Avi is well-known to critics, teachers, parents, and especially to young readers for his inviting, readable novels. Even reluctant readers are swept away by Avi's fast-paced, adventurous, and imaginative plots. Because he uses a variety of genres, such as mystery, adventure, historical, coming-of-age, and fantasy, to tell his stories, Avi broadens his audience with each new work. In a statement for Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, the talented author summarized his goals as a young adult novelist: "I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world--full of irony and contradiction, in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms--the adventure, the mystery, the thriller--so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try...

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