Susan Beth Pfeffer is a New York Times bestselling author best known for young adult science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

. She is also known for writing "About David" and the series often called "The Last Survivors," consisting of Life as we Knew it, The Dead and the Gone, This World we Live in, and the forthcoming (fall 2012) The Shade of the Moon.

Background

Pfeffer cites the film Meteor

Meteor (film)

Meteor is a 1979 science fiction Technicolor disaster film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Connery and Natalie Wood.It was directed by Ronald Neame...

 as inspiration for the Moon Crash Trilogy. Internationally the series is titled The Last Survivors post apocalyptic fiction.

Moon Crash Series/The Last Survivors

• Life As We Knew It
  Life As We Knew It
  Life As We Knew It is a young adult science fiction novel by American author Susan Beth Pfeffer, first published in 2006 by Harcourt Books. It is the first book in the "Moon Crash Trilogy", followed by The Dead and the Gone....
  
  (2006), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 0152-05826-5
• The Dead and the Gone
  The Dead and the Gone
  The Dead and the Gone is a young adult science fiction novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Released in hardcover in May 2008, it is the second book in The Last Survivors, following Life As We Knew It and preceding This World We Live In.-Background:...
  
  (2008), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 978-015206311-5
• This World We Live In (2010), Harcourt Children's Books ISBN 978-0547248042
• The Shade of the Moon (fall 2012), Harcourt Children's Books

Awards

Named the American Library Association

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

s Young Adult Library Services Association

Young Adult Library Services Association

The Young Adult Library Services Association , established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association. The mission of YALSA is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to...

 Best Book for Young Adults 2007 and Teens’ Top Ten Booklist in 2007. Finalist for the Andre Norton Award

Andre Norton Award

The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, named to honor prolific science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton , is a yearly juried award presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to the author of an outstanding young adult science fiction or...

, Quill Awards, Hal Clement Awards

Sources

• Newspaper Source, EBSCOhost (accessed April 6, 2010).