Campbell, Patricia J. Presenting Robert Cormier. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989. The only book on one of the leading authors of young adult literature. It includes a critical evaluation of Cormier's life and literary credo and discusses his young adult novels from The Chocolate War to Fade as well as his early novels and short stories. The appendix provides a complete bibliography of his works both literary and critical and also gives a listing of reviews of his novels.

Cormier, Robert. "Forever Pedaling on the Road to Realism." In Celebrating Children's Books: Essays on Children's Literature in Honor of Zena Sutherland.

Edited by Betsy Hearne and Marilyn Kaye. New York: American Library Association, 1981. Responding to letters from his readers and to reviews of his first young adult novels Cormier outlines his literary credo with special regard to terms such as "realism" and "realistic novel."

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