History Creator / PaulaDanziger

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Danziger's appeal lies in the fact that her writing tends to show growing up from a perspective that is very sympathetic toward her young protagonists, who are portrayed realistically as children and youth going through various growing pains and coming-of-age experiences. Her writing tends to take a liberal stance suggesting that young people can and should fight for their rights.

Danziger's appeal lies in the fact that her writing tends to show growing up from a perspective that is very sympathetic toward her young protagonists, who are portrayed realistically as children and youth going through various growing pains and coming-of-age experiences.

Danziger died in 2004 from complications following a heart attack. Creator/BruceCoville and Elizabeth Levy [[OutlivedItsCreator continued writing books in her ''Literature/AmberBrown'' series]].

Danziger died in 2004 from complications following a heart attack. Creator/BruceCoville and Elizabeth Levy [[OutlivedItsCreator continued writing the ''Amber Brown'' books]].

Paula Danziger (August 18, 1944 – July 8, 2004) was an award-winning American author of [[Main/ChildrensLiterature children's]] and [[MainYoungAdultLiterature young adult literature]]. She grew up in a family with an unhappy, sarcastic father and a nervous mother. This made for a childhood in which some of her emotional needs were not met, which [[WriteWhatYouKnow informed some of her novels for young people]]. Although encouraged to study nursing, she became a teacher. She had wanted to be a writer since the second grade and, following the success of her novel ''Literature/TheCatAteMyGymsuit'' (1974), Danziger left teaching in order to become a full-time writer in 1978.