Coe Booth
Encyclopedia
Coe Booth is an American fiction writer. Her first novel, released in 2007, is written for young adolescents.
. She grew up in the Bronx
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Booth graduated from college in 1996 with a BA and MA in Psychology
and worked as a social worker in New York City
Emergency Children’s Service. In 2005, she attended The New School for General Studies
in New York, where she completed a Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing. Also in 2005, Booth completed her first novel, Tyrell. Her inspiration to write this book came from her experiences working with the troubled teenagers in New York.
Booth is a full-time writer and part-time college professor at a Bronx Community College, teaching English. She also volunteers for the NAACP ACT-SO program, where she mentors teenage writers. She lives in Basel, Switzerland as a writer-in-residence at Laurenz Haus.
Biography
Booth was born on March 21 in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. She grew up in the Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
.
Booth graduated from college in 1996 with a BA and MA in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
and worked as a social worker in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Emergency Children’s Service. In 2005, she attended The New School for General Studies
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
in New York, where she completed a Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing. Also in 2005, Booth completed her first novel, Tyrell. Her inspiration to write this book came from her experiences working with the troubled teenagers in New York.
Booth is a full-time writer and part-time college professor at a Bronx Community College, teaching English. She also volunteers for the NAACP ACT-SO program, where she mentors teenage writers. She lives in Basel, Switzerland as a writer-in-residence at Laurenz Haus.
Books
- Tyrell - A novel about street life as seen through the eyes of a fifteen-year-old, homeless, African-American boy growing up in the Bronx.
- Kendra - part 2 of Tyrell (A book in the Tyrell series) (2011) A novel by coe booth
- Bronxwood - part 3 of Tyrell (A book in the Tyrell series)( 2011) A novel by coe booth
Short stories
- Contributed a short story in the anthology This is Push: New Voices from The Edge
Awards
- The 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction
- The 2007 New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age
- The 2007 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
- The 2007 American Library Association Quick Picks for reluctant Young Adult Readers