John: how Looking for Alaska was written, revised and won the Printz Award (2006)

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About: Looking for Alaska, Michael L. Printz Award, Ilene Cooper, Keir Graff, Penguin Books, Booklist, The Cheesecake Factory

date	event	what	video
2011-01-21	tell	John tells how Looking for Alaska came to exist and win the Printz Award: three years of night writing with Ilene Cooper's help, Keir Graff's title, Penguin's demand for extensive revisions, and the award call five years ago.	Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award 00:00:58
2011-08-31	retell	John retells how, after Booklist colleague Ilene Cooper heard his vague pitch over lunch, she spent two years from early 2002 helping him turn 40 single-spaced pages into Looking for Alaska.	How to Become An Adult 00:01:37
2013-10-29	retell	John recalls handing his mentor Ilene Cooper 40 single-spaced pages that eventually became Looking for Alaska, within six months of returning to Booklist.	Perspective 00:02:38