Published obituary:
Norma Klein, an author of more than 30 novels for teen-agers and adults, died Tuesday, April 25, 1989 after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. She was 50 years old.
Norma Klein was born in New York City, lived there most of her life, and died in the city she'd known most. She graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.
Ms. Klein was best known for young-adult works that dealt with family problems, childhood and adolescent sexuality, as well as social issues like racism, sexism and contraception. Her first novel, "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me" (1972), was about the daughter of an unmarried, sexually active woman.
Ms. Klein's subsequent works, which were published by Alfred A. Knopf, Viking, Fawcett, Dutton, Dial and Bantam, included "Taking Sides," "What It's All About," "Angel Face" and "Going Backwards." She frequently published two or three books a year, and most were very successful, according to Frances Foster, her editor at Knopf.
Because of their subject matter, many of Ms. Klein's books sparked considerable controversy, and a 1986 American Library Association survey found that nine of her novels had been removed from libraries. In a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Klein said: "I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life."
Ms. Klein's adult fiction focused on contemporary couples and families, and her novels included "American Dreams" and "The World As It Is." She also published about 60 short stories, taught fiction at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, and was a board member of PEN.
Some consider her most famous work to be "Sunshine", a book about Lyn Helton, a 20 year old with a weeks-old baby when she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Her book was later made into a movie.
Ms. Klein is survived by her husband, Erwin Fleissner; two daughters, Jennifer and Katherine; her brother, Victor; and her mother, Sadie, all of Manhattan.
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Bibliography:
Novels:
Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972)
It's Not What You Expect (1973)
Confessions of an Only Child (1974)
Taking Sides (1974)
What It's All about (1975)
Sunshine (1975)
Girls Turn Wives (1976)
Hiding (1976)
Give Me One Good Reason (1977)
Coming to Life (1977)
It's Okay If You Don't Love Me (1977)
Love is One of the Choices (1978)
Sunshine Christmas (1978)
Tomboy (1978)
A Honey of a Chimp (1980)
Breaking Up (1980)
French Postcards (1980)
Robbie and the Leap Year Blues (1981)
Sunshine Years (1981)
Domestic Arrangements (1982)
Queen of the What Ifs (1982)
Wives and Other Women (1982)
Beginner's Love (1983)
The Swap (1983)
Bizou (1983)
Angel Face (1984)
Lovers (1984)
Family Secrets (1985)
Give and Take (1985)
The Cheerleader (1985)
Baryshnikov's Nutcracker (1986)
Going Backwards (1986)
Snapshots (1986)
American Dreams (1987)
My Life As a Body (1987)
Now That I Know (1988)
Older Men (1988)
That's My Baby (1988)
No More Saturday Nights (1988)
The World As It Is (1989)
Learning How to Fall (1989)
Just Friends (1990)
Collections:
Love and Other Euphemisms (1982)
Sextet in a Minor: A Novella And Thirteen Short Stories (1983)
Picture Books:
Girls Can Be Anything (1973)
A Train for Jane (1974)
If I Had My Way (1974)
Dinosaurs Housewarming Party (1974)
Naomi in the Middle (1974)
Blue Trees, Red Sky (1975)
A Surprise Party for Dinosaur (1977)
Visiting Pamela (1990)
Norma Klein, an author of more than 30 novels for teen-agers and adults, died Tuesday, April 25, 1989 after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. She was 50 years old.
Norma Klein was born in New York City, lived there most of her life, and died in the city she'd known most. She graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.
Ms. Klein was best known for young-adult works that dealt with family problems, childhood and adolescent sexuality, as well as social issues like racism, sexism and contraception. Her first novel, "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me" (1972), was about the daughter of an unmarried, sexually active woman.
Ms. Klein's subsequent works, which were published by Alfred A. Knopf, Viking, Fawcett, Dutton, Dial and Bantam, included "Taking Sides," "What It's All About," "Angel Face" and "Going Backwards." She frequently published two or three books a year, and most were very successful, according to Frances Foster, her editor at Knopf.
Because of their subject matter, many of Ms. Klein's books sparked considerable controversy, and a 1986 American Library Association survey found that nine of her novels had been removed from libraries. In a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Klein said: "I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life."
Ms. Klein's adult fiction focused on contemporary couples and families, and her novels included "American Dreams" and "The World As It Is." She also published about 60 short stories, taught fiction at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, and was a board member of PEN.
Some consider her most famous work to be "Sunshine", a book about Lyn Helton, a 20 year old with a weeks-old baby when she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Her book was later made into a movie.
Ms. Klein is survived by her husband, Erwin Fleissner; two daughters, Jennifer and Katherine; her brother, Victor; and her mother, Sadie, all of Manhattan.
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Bibliography:
Novels:
Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972)
It's Not What You Expect (1973)
Confessions of an Only Child (1974)
Taking Sides (1974)
What It's All about (1975)
Sunshine (1975)
Girls Turn Wives (1976)
Hiding (1976)
Give Me One Good Reason (1977)
Coming to Life (1977)
It's Okay If You Don't Love Me (1977)
Love is One of the Choices (1978)
Sunshine Christmas (1978)
Tomboy (1978)
A Honey of a Chimp (1980)
Breaking Up (1980)
French Postcards (1980)
Robbie and the Leap Year Blues (1981)
Sunshine Years (1981)
Domestic Arrangements (1982)
Queen of the What Ifs (1982)
Wives and Other Women (1982)
Beginner's Love (1983)
The Swap (1983)
Bizou (1983)
Angel Face (1984)
Lovers (1984)
Family Secrets (1985)
Give and Take (1985)
The Cheerleader (1985)
Baryshnikov's Nutcracker (1986)
Going Backwards (1986)
Snapshots (1986)
American Dreams (1987)
My Life As a Body (1987)
Now That I Know (1988)
Older Men (1988)
That's My Baby (1988)
No More Saturday Nights (1988)
The World As It Is (1989)
Learning How to Fall (1989)
Just Friends (1990)
Collections:
Love and Other Euphemisms (1982)
Sextet in a Minor: A Novella And Thirteen Short Stories (1983)
Picture Books:
Girls Can Be Anything (1973)
A Train for Jane (1974)
If I Had My Way (1974)
Dinosaurs Housewarming Party (1974)
Naomi in the Middle (1974)
Blue Trees, Red Sky (1975)
A Surprise Party for Dinosaur (1977)
Visiting Pamela (1990)
Published obituary:
Norma Klein, an author of more than 30 novels for teen-agers and adults, died Tuesday, April 25, 1989 after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. She was 50 years old.
Norma Klein was born in New York City, lived there most of her life, and died in the city she'd known most. She graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.
Ms. Klein was best known for young-adult works that dealt with family problems, childhood and adolescent sexuality, as well as social issues like racism, sexism and contraception. Her first novel, "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me" (1972), was about the daughter of an unmarried, sexually active woman.
Ms. Klein's subsequent works, which were published by Alfred A. Knopf, Viking, Fawcett, Dutton, Dial and Bantam, included "Taking Sides," "What It's All About," "Angel Face" and "Going Backwards." She frequently published two or three books a year, and most were very successful, according to Frances Foster, her editor at Knopf.
Because of their subject matter, many of Ms. Klein's books sparked considerable controversy, and a 1986 American Library Association survey found that nine of her novels had been removed from libraries. In a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Klein said: "I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life."
Ms. Klein's adult fiction focused on contemporary couples and families, and her novels included "American Dreams" and "The World As It Is." She also published about 60 short stories, taught fiction at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, and was a board member of PEN.
Some consider her most famous work to be "Sunshine", a book about Lyn Helton, a 20 year old with a weeks-old baby when she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Her book was later made into a movie.
Ms. Klein is survived by her husband, Erwin Fleissner; two daughters, Jennifer and Katherine; her brother, Victor; and her mother, Sadie, all of Manhattan.
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Bibliography:
Novels:
Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972)
It's Not What You Expect (1973)
Confessions of an Only Child (1974)
Taking Sides (1974)
What It's All about (1975)
Sunshine (1975)
Girls Turn Wives (1976)
Hiding (1976)
Give Me One Good Reason (1977)
Coming to Life (1977)
It's Okay If You Don't Love Me (1977)
Love is One of the Choices (1978)
Sunshine Christmas (1978)
Tomboy (1978)
A Honey of a Chimp (1980)
Breaking Up (1980)
French Postcards (1980)
Robbie and the Leap Year Blues (1981)
Sunshine Years (1981)
Domestic Arrangements (1982)
Queen of the What Ifs (1982)
Wives and Other Women (1982)
Beginner's Love (1983)
The Swap (1983)
Bizou (1983)
Angel Face (1984)
Lovers (1984)
Family Secrets (1985)
Give and Take (1985)
The Cheerleader (1985)
Baryshnikov's Nutcracker (1986)
Going Backwards (1986)
Snapshots (1986)
American Dreams (1987)
My Life As a Body (1987)
Now That I Know (1988)
Older Men (1988)
That's My Baby (1988)
No More Saturday Nights (1988)
The World As It Is (1989)
Learning How to Fall (1989)
Just Friends (1990)
Collections:
Love and Other Euphemisms (1982)
Sextet in a Minor: A Novella And Thirteen Short Stories (1983)
Picture Books:
Girls Can Be Anything (1973)
A Train for Jane (1974)
If I Had My Way (1974)
Dinosaurs Housewarming Party (1974)
Naomi in the Middle (1974)
Blue Trees, Red Sky (1975)
A Surprise Party for Dinosaur (1977)
Visiting Pamela (1990)
Norma Klein, an author of more than 30 novels for teen-agers and adults, died Tuesday, April 25, 1989 after a brief illness at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. She was 50 years old.
Norma Klein was born in New York City, lived there most of her life, and died in the city she'd known most. She graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.
Ms. Klein was best known for young-adult works that dealt with family problems, childhood and adolescent sexuality, as well as social issues like racism, sexism and contraception. Her first novel, "Mom, the Wolf Man and Me" (1972), was about the daughter of an unmarried, sexually active woman.
Ms. Klein's subsequent works, which were published by Alfred A. Knopf, Viking, Fawcett, Dutton, Dial and Bantam, included "Taking Sides," "What It's All About," "Angel Face" and "Going Backwards." She frequently published two or three books a year, and most were very successful, according to Frances Foster, her editor at Knopf.
Because of their subject matter, many of Ms. Klein's books sparked considerable controversy, and a 1986 American Library Association survey found that nine of her novels had been removed from libraries. In a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Klein said: "I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life."
Ms. Klein's adult fiction focused on contemporary couples and families, and her novels included "American Dreams" and "The World As It Is." She also published about 60 short stories, taught fiction at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, and was a board member of PEN.
Some consider her most famous work to be "Sunshine", a book about Lyn Helton, a 20 year old with a weeks-old baby when she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Her book was later made into a movie.
Ms. Klein is survived by her husband, Erwin Fleissner; two daughters, Jennifer and Katherine; her brother, Victor; and her mother, Sadie, all of Manhattan.
----------
Bibliography:
Novels:
Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972)
It's Not What You Expect (1973)
Confessions of an Only Child (1974)
Taking Sides (1974)
What It's All about (1975)
Sunshine (1975)
Girls Turn Wives (1976)
Hiding (1976)
Give Me One Good Reason (1977)
Coming to Life (1977)
It's Okay If You Don't Love Me (1977)
Love is One of the Choices (1978)
Sunshine Christmas (1978)
Tomboy (1978)
A Honey of a Chimp (1980)
Breaking Up (1980)
French Postcards (1980)
Robbie and the Leap Year Blues (1981)
Sunshine Years (1981)
Domestic Arrangements (1982)
Queen of the What Ifs (1982)
Wives and Other Women (1982)
Beginner's Love (1983)
The Swap (1983)
Bizou (1983)
Angel Face (1984)
Lovers (1984)
Family Secrets (1985)
Give and Take (1985)
The Cheerleader (1985)
Baryshnikov's Nutcracker (1986)
Going Backwards (1986)
Snapshots (1986)
American Dreams (1987)
My Life As a Body (1987)
Now That I Know (1988)
Older Men (1988)
That's My Baby (1988)
No More Saturday Nights (1988)
The World As It Is (1989)
Learning How to Fall (1989)
Just Friends (1990)
Collections:
Love and Other Euphemisms (1982)
Sextet in a Minor: A Novella And Thirteen Short Stories (1983)
Picture Books:
Girls Can Be Anything (1973)
A Train for Jane (1974)
If I Had My Way (1974)
Dinosaurs Housewarming Party (1974)
Naomi in the Middle (1974)
Blue Trees, Red Sky (1975)
A Surprise Party for Dinosaur (1977)
Visiting Pamela (1990)
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