Laurie Halse Anderson

Lori Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961, in Potsdam, a very, very cold place in the north of New York State. The town was (and remains) not far from the Canadian border. Her father was a Methodist minister who wrote poetry in his spare time, and as a girl Anderson loved playing with his typewriter. Once she said, “I decided to become a writer in second grade. My teacher, Mrs. Sheedy-Shee, taught us how to write haiku. And a giant lightbulb went on in my head: ‘Oh my God, I can do this!’ I hope every second-grader is taught to write haiku.”

Real name: Laurie Beth Halse. Lori Halse Anderson (born October 23, 1961, Potsdam, New York, USA) is a famous American writer. Laurie Beth Halse was born into the family of Ronald Frank and Ingrid Halse. She grew up and was raised in this town together with her younger sister Lisa. Her father was a Methodist minister. From childhood, Lori loved to read, preferring fantasy and science fiction. She began writing early, but did not seriously think that she would one day become a writer. Despite certain difficulties with mathematics at school, Lori planned to earn a medical degree. After the girl turned sixteen, she went to Denmark, where she spent thirteen months working on a pig farm. Returning home, the future writer got a job in a clothing store. The low pay prompted her to decide to pursue an education. She chose Onondaga Community College in New York State, USA. Alongside her studies, Lori worked part-time as a milkmaid on a dairy farm. After college, in 1981, the girl entered Georgetown University, from which she graduated in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics. In 1985, she married Greg Anderson, with whom she had two daughters, Stephanie and Meredith. The marriage was unsuccessful, and after the divorce the writer moved to the city of Mexico, New York State. There she married for the second time. Lori Anderson’s new chosen partner was Scot Larrabee, whom, according to the writer herself, was “her first childhood love.” After many years apart, each having gone through an unsuccessful marriage, they met again and married, combining their families (each had two children at the time of the