Sarah Weeks (born March 18, 1955) is an American writer of

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, perhaps best known for the novel '' So B. It'' which has won several juvenile literature awards. In 2007 it won the

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and

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Biography

Sarah Weeks was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1955, the daughter of an English professor. She has a brother and a sister. When she was a little girl, the things she liked to do best were playing music and writing. When she grew up, she went to New York City, married, and had two sons, Gabriel and Nathaniel.

Selected works

Chapter books

;Oggie Cooder series * ''Oggie Cooder'' * ''Oggie Cooder, Party Animal'' ;Guy series * ''Regular Guy'' (Laura Geringer/HarperCollins, 1999) * ''Guy Time'' * ''My Guy'' ;Boyds Will Be Boyds series * ''Beware of Mad Dog'' * ''Get Well Soon or Else!'' * ''Danger! Boys Dancing!'' * ''Fink's Funk!'' ;Other *''Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories'' *''The Little Factory''

Picture books

* ''Hurricane City'' (HarperCollins, 1993), illustrated by James Warhola"Hurricane city"
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Novels

*''As Simple as it Seems'' *'' So B. It'' *'' Jumping the Scratch'' *''Up All Night'' *''PIE'' *''Honey'' *''Save Me a Seat'' *''Soof''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Sarah 1955 births American children's writers American women novelists 21st-century American novelists Living people American women children's writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan