Joyce Sweeney is the author of fourteen novels for young adults.

Her first novel, Center Line won the First Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Oustanding Young Adult Novel.

Many of her books appear on the American Library Association’s Best Books List and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.

Her novel Shadow won the Nevada State Reading Award in 1997. Her novel Players was chosen by Booklist as a Top Ten Sports Book and by Working Mother magazine as a Top Ten for Tweens.

Her current novel, Headlock (Holt 2006), won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Florida Book Awards and was chosen by the American Library Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.

Joyce also writes shorts stories and poetry- Her first chapbook, Impermanence, was published in 2008 by Finishing Line Press.

Joyce conducts three ongoing workshops in creative writing which have so far produced 27 published authors. 

She also offers manuscript critiques and mentoring services to writers all across the country. 
She lives in Coral Springs, Florida with her husband Jay and cat, Phantom.

Read more about Joyce at www.authors4teens.com