Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch (born July 2, 1962) is an American writer of books for young people. His works include Inexcusable, a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature, and Iceman,The Right Fight, Shadow Boxer, Gold Dust, and Slot Machine, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; Freewill was also a runne-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Some of his works are intended for a high school level audience; some for children and younger teenagers.His short story The Pellet in the paint can has been included in the collection Guys Write for Guys Read. (New York: Viking, 2005), and Arrangements was included in No Such Thing as the Real World (Harper Collins, 2009 ).Lynch was born in Boston where he graduated from Emerson College and teaches Creative Writing at Lesley University as of 2011.

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