CHERIE BENNETT
(asterisk items co-written with JEFF GOTTESFELD)


Literary Fiction

* A HEART DIVIDED (Random House, 2004, Dell 2005)

* ANNE FRANK AND ME (Putnam 2001, Scholastic special edition 2002)

ZINK (Delacorte 1999, Dell 2001)

LIFE IN THE FAT LANE (Delacorte 1998, Bantam 2000)

SEARCHING FOR DAVID'S HEART (Scholastic, 1998)


Cherie and reader Alicia O'Brien, who did the first illustration in Cherie's novel ZINK. Alicia's pic and bio are in the back of that book, along with those of several other teens who did illustrations in tht novel. All these kids are either battling, in remission from, or have lost a sibling to cancer. Alicia lost her own courageous battle with brain cancer a few months after this photo was taken. Read Cherie's essay about Alicia at myhero.com


Published Plays for Teen Audiences

All these award-winning plays are published by Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock, Illinois, and available at a reasonable fee for professional, stock, amateur, and school production. Call (815) 338-7170 for rights information, or surf into dramaticpublishing.com.


* A HEART DIVIDED (Random House, 2004, Dell 2005)

REVIVING OPHELIA (adapted from the book by Mary Pipher)

LIFE IN THE FAT LANE (adapted from Random House novel)

SEARCHING FOR DAVID'S HEART (adapted from Scholastic novel)

ANNE FRANK AND ME (Putnam novel adapted from this play)

ZINK (Delacorte novel adapted from this play)

CYRA AND ROCKY

JOHN LENNON AND ME (adapted from Good-Bye, Best Friend, Dell 1993)


Syndicated Newspaper Column

"Hey, Cherie!" teen advice column. Weekly through Copley News Service, syndicated nationally.
Copley News Service
123 Camino de la Reina, Ste. E250
San Diego, CA 92108
Glenda.winders@sd.copleynews.com

Television

* GIRLS GOT GAME pilot (Procter & Gamble Televest Prods, 2006)

AS THE WORLD TURNS 2005

* SMALLVILLE (Warner Brothers); 2001-2002

* PORT CHARLES (ABC), daytime drama, 1998 story consultation

* ANOTHER WORLD (NBC), daytime drama, 1997 story consultation


Mass Market Fiction

SOME OTHER PSEUDONYMOUS STUFF THAT'S VERY POPULAR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT. (2004-2007)

* SMALLVILLE novels (Little, Brown, 2002-2005)

* DAWSON'S CREEK seven original novels under pseudonym C.J. Anders (Pocket/Archway, 1998-2000)

* UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, six book series (Berkley, 2000-2002)

* MIRROR IMAGE, four book series (Pocket/Archway, 2000-2001)

* LOVE HIM FOREVER, (Avon, 2000)

PAGEANT, six book series, (Berkley, 1999-2000)

* THE HAUNTED HEART (Avon, 1999)

* TRASH, six book series, (Berkley, 1998-1999)

GIRLS IN LOVE (Scholastic, 1996)

* TEEN ANGELS, six book series (Avon, 1996-97)

THE BRIDESMAIDS (Scholastic, 1996)

HOPE HOSPITAL, trilogy for middle readers (Troll, 1994-95)

WILD HEARTS, six book series (Archway, 1994-95)

SURVIVING SIXTEEN, trilogy (Puffin, 1993-94)

GOOD-BYE, BEST FRIEND (Dell, 1993)

SUNSET ISLAND, forty-one book series, including spin-offs (Berkley, 1990-1997)


Recorded Books (books on tape)

LIFE IN THE FAT LANE (Recorded Books, Inc. 1999)

ZINK (Recorded Books, Inc. 2001, recorded by Cherie and features an interview with the author)

SEARCHING FOR DAVID'S HEART (Scholastic, 2001)


Recent Honors (2000-2006 only)
  • American Library Association "Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers for one of those books we're not going to tell you about 2006

  • Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award nominee (A Heart Divided) 2006-2007

  • Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award nominee (A Heart Divided) 2006-2007

  • Macy's Prize for Playwriting, Reviving Ophelia 2005-2006

  • Humanitas Award, best children's film for television (Searching for David's Heart, award to screenwriters, 2005)

  • New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age (A Heart Divided) 2005

  • Bank Street College "Best Children's Books" (A Heart Divided) 2005

  • Texas TAYSHAS reading list (A Heart Divided, 2005)

  • Southern Poverty Law Center recommended list www.tolerance.org (A Heart Divided,2004)

  • American Library Association "Best Books for Young Adults" 2005 nominee (A Heart Divided)

  • Hawaii "Nene" award Honor Book 2004 (Searching for David's Heart)

  • 2003 Lazarus-Macy New Play Award (Fat Lane)

  • International Reading Association (IRA) Young Adult Readers' Choice, Anne Frank and Me 2003

  • Hawaii "Nene award" Honor Book 2003 (David's Heart)

  • Int'l Reading Assn./Children's Book Council "Children's Choice" 2002 (Anne Frank and Me)

  • Hawaii "Nene Award" Honor Book 2002 (David's Heart)

  • Gateway (Missouri) Book Award, Honor Book 2002 (Life in the Fat Lane) (first runner-up)

  • Iowa Teen Book Award, Honor Book 2002 (Fat Lane) (first runner-up)

  • #3 Book, Los Angeles Times Children's Bestseller List, 9/01-12/01 (Anne Frank and Me)

  • Double nominee, 2002 ALA "Best Books for Young Adults and YALSA "Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers" (Anne Frank and Me)

  • VOYA, outstanding science fiction and fantasy list, 2000-2001 (Anne Frank and Me)

  • Scholastic 2001 iREACH booklist (Searching for David's Heart)

  • Winner, New Jersey "Garden State" Young Adult Book Award, gr. 7-9, 2001 (Fat Lane)

  • Iowa Teen Award List 2001 (Fat Lane)

  • Teen People Book Club, main selection (March 2001) (Anne Frank and Me)

  • Winner, YALSA 2001, "Quick Picks for Reluctant. YA Readers" (Love Him Forever)

  • South Dakota YARP Young Adult Reading Project list selection, 2000-2001 (Fat Lane)

  • Texas TAYSHAS Reading List 2000-2001 (Fat Lane)

  • Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award list 2000-2001 (Fat Lane)

  • Winner, YALSA 2000 "Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers" (The Haunted Heart)

  • Delaware 2000 Blue Hen Award, top YA book in state nominee (Zink)

  • Hawaii 2001 and 2000 "Nene" award list (David's Heart)

  • Michigan Reading Association, Readers' Choice 2000, Best Books for 6th to 8th graders (David's Heart)

  • American Alliance of Theater and Education UPR 2000, winner (David's Heart)

  • Winner, New Visions/New Voices award, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC (David's Heart, Cyra and Rocky,)


Representation

Film/Television/Stage/Fiction : Paradigm Agency (Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY)

Daytime Drama:, Don Buchwald & Assoc. (New York, NY)


Scholarly Archive

Child Drama Collection
Prof. Kathy Krzys, curator
Hayden Library
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287

Our scholarly archive contains all our personal and professional papers, including early drafts of books and plays, correspondence, copies of all published works, etc. Included in this archive are thousands of letters from teens, and our responses. Contact Prof. Krzys for more information and professional access.