Suzanne Weyn (born July 7, 1955) is an

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. She primarily writes children's and young adult

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and

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s and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for ''

The Bar Code Tattoo Suzanne Weyn (born July 7, 1955) is an American author. She primarily writes children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for '' The Bar Code Tattoo'', ' ...

'', ''

The Bar Code Rebellion Suzanne Weyn (born July 7, 1955) is an American author. She primarily writes children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for ''The Bar Code Tattoo'', ''T ...

'' and ''

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''. ''The Bar Code Tattoo'' has been translated into German, and in 2007 was nominated for the Jugendliteraturpreis for youth literature given by the German government. It was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Young Adult literature and

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2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Biography

Weyn spent her childhood in

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and graduated from

Nassau Community College Nassau Community College (NCC) is a public community college in Uniondale, New York, using the Garden City, New York ZIP Code. It was founded in 1959 and is part of the State University of New York. History Nassau Community College was cre ...

and

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university with campuses in Binghamton, New York, Binghamton, Vestal, New York, Vestal, and Johnson City, New Yor ...

. Following college, Weyn worked as an editor of teen magazines, at Starlog Press, and at

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before starting her writing career. She has been both an editor, project manager, and an author at Scholastic, Inc. Suzanne Weyn has taught expository, children's, and business writing at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. She continues to write and currently also teaches writing at

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and

Medgar Evers College Medgar Evers College is a public college in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was officially established in 1970 through cooperation between educator ...

. She has a Masters of Science in teaching adolescents from

Pace University Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pac ...

Books and novels

*''Return to Cybertron'' *''The Revenge of the Decepticons'' *''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...

'' (based on the 1937 film) *''The Day the Frogs Came to Lunch'' *''Love Song'' *''Little Women Diary'' *''Into the Dream'' *''All Alone in the Eighth Grade'' *''Elliot's Ghost'' *''My Brother, the Ghost'' *''Jeepers Creepers'' (House of Horrors 3) *''Catch That Kid'' ( film novelization) *''Mission without Permission'' *''The Renaissance Kids'' *''The Museum Chase'' *''Sleepover'' ( film novelization) *''An Amazing Journey'' *''The Night Dance: a Retelling of

The Twelve Dancing Princesses "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (or "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes" or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces") (german: Die zertanzten Schuhe) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1815 ( ...

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*''South Beach Sizzle'', with Diana Gonzalez,

*''Water Song: A Retelling of

The Frog Prince "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (german: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 1). ...

*''Snowflake'' *''Gracie'' ( film novelization) *''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' ( film novelization) *''

Reincarnation Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is a ...

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*''The Crimson Thread: A Retelling of

Rumpelstiltskin "Rumpelstiltskin" ( ; german: Rumpelstilzchen) is a German fairy tale. It was collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of ''Children's and Household Tales''. The story is about a little imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a g ...

*''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' ( juvenile film novelization) *''The Diamond Secret: A Retelling of

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'',

*'' Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic'',

*''Empty'',

*''Invisible World''

*''Faces of the Dead''

*''Bionic''

*''Snapstreak''

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults. The company is based in the Financial Dist ...

*Novels in ''

the Baby-Sitters Club ''The Baby-Sitters Club'' (also known as BSC) is a series of novels written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 176 million copies. Martin wrote the first 35 novels in the series, but the subsequent nove ...

'' series (ghostwritten), Scholastic

The Bar Code Tattoo Trilogy

*'' The Bar Code Tattoo'', 2004, Scholastic Point Thriller *'' The Bar Code Rebellion'', 2006, Scholastic Point Thriller *'' The Bar Code Prophecy'', 2012,

The Haunted Museum Series

*'' The Titanic Locket'', 2013,

*'' The Phantom Music Box'', 2014,

*'' The Pearl Earring'', 2015,

*'' The Cursed Scarab'', 2015,

References

External links

Suzanne Weyn at Fantastic FictionAuthor website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weyn, Suzanne 1955 births Living people Writers from Queens, New York 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American children's writers American fantasy writers American women novelists American science fiction writers American women short story writers Binghamton University alumni Women science fiction and fantasy writers American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers People from Flushing, Queens 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers Nassau Community College alumni Novelists from New York (state) The Baby-Sitters Club