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Patrick Jones…
YA Superstar!
a presentation on our local YA heroby Sara Zettervall
LIS 7230
Image of Patrick from www.connectingya.com
A (Half) Nation-Spanning Career
“It’s good for
your career if you’re willing
to move.”
“It’s unlikely I’ll follow
that particular piece
of advice,
but thanks
anyway.” Ravenstone Press, 2004
“Libraries will never be cool, but we can do cool stuff if we
listen to teens.”(Gorman, 2006)
Books!Patrick is revered among librarians for
his groundbreaking guides to YA books and services.
“I would have a question and find
there were no professional
tools. I found the answer and then
shared it with others.”(LSJ, 2011)
Images from www.amazon.com
Catholic Library Association, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006; American
Library Association / Scholastic Lifetime
Achievement Award, 2006.(Jones, n.d.)
More Books!Patrick published his first YA novel
8 years ago and now focuseson writing fiction.
“My experience working in
libraries has helped me
tremendously in publishing… I
could just hand my manuscript to
people I knew from my work on
ALA/YALSA committees.”
(LSJ, 2011)Images from www.connectingya.com
“What reading should do for teens is make them think... I want to show
kids who screw up and make bad decisions. But it doesn’t always
have to work out tragically.”(Gorman, 2006)
MN Book Award Finalis
t
YALSA Reluctan
tReader
Kicking A** and Taking Names
“It can be wonderfull
y rewarding work that turns the slogan
‘libraries change
lives’ into reality.”(LSJ, 2011)
References
Map images are free clip art. GoodReads (n.d.) Patrick Jones Author Profile. Retrieved from
http://www.goodreads.com/chairshotxl Gorman, M. (2006, August 1). Mr. Inspiration. Retrieved from
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6357107.html Jones, P. (n.d.) Patrick Jones, Author of Teen Fiction. Retrieved
from http://www.connectingya.com/ Library Student Journal Blog. (2011, March 29). An Interview with
Patrick Jones [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/blog/?p=156
Ravenstone Press. (2004, May 30). Authors Among Us: Patrick Jones. Retrieved from http://ravenstonepress.com/patjones.html