Booklist
American Library Association
['arc system works', 'falcom', 'active enterprises', 'konami computer entertainment japan', 'wb', 'easwaran', 'rsa laboratories', 'newscorp', 'gollancz', 'feral interactive', 'tengen', 'houghton mifflin', 'disney', 'sage publications', 'sci', 'sunday times', 'microsoft', 'bethesda softworks', 'winter wolves', 'jeff smith', 'llamasoft', 'communist party', 'riverhead books', 'sil', 'fsf', 'jonathan cape', 'technosoft', 'harper collins', 'billboard magazine', 'codemasters', 'global star software', 'times publishing company', 'sunflowers', 'sil international', 'tribune company', 'american historical association', 'eidos', 'undp', 'ascii', 'united nations development programme', 'project aces', 'wb games', 'larry flynt', 'devolver digital', 'double fine', 'slightly mad studios', 'kelmscott press', 'tecmo', 'game arts', 'reflexive entertainment', 'psygnosis', 'hamish hamilton', 'spiderweb software', 'psikyo', 'north america', 'the 3do company', 'iop publishing', 'nexon america', 'fuji television', 'bloomsbury publishing', 'biomed central', 'tor', 'microsoft corporation', 'osi', 'arnold houbraken', 'nintendo', 'snk playmore', 'origin systems', 'soe', 'pyramid books', 'ignition entertainment', 'delphine software', 'saddam hussein', 'cryo interactive', 'archie', 'freeverse software', 'digital pictures', 'interplay productions', '989 sports', 'csiro publishing', 'united states national museum', 'playfirst', 'epic megagames', 'titus software', 'access software', 'linden lab', 'dmg media', 'acclaim entertainment', 'putnam', 'iscb', 'fairfax newspapers', 'square enix', 'walker books', 'mit press', '989 studios', 'oxford university press', 'trinity mirror plc', 'iso', 'future plc']
Dear Zoe
Dear Zoe is an epistolary, young-adult novel by the American writer Philip Beard. which was first published in 2004. The narrator is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio, who writes to her younger sister Zoe about her experiences after Zoe died. The novel is set in 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and follows Tess’s first year of high school. Dear Zoe tells the story of 15-year-old Tess DeNunzio, who is wracked by guilt after losing her half-sister in a hit-and-run accident on the day of the September 11 attacks. The novel was selected by Booklist, a magazine of the American Library Association, as one of the ten best first novels of 2005. When Beard originally wrote this novel, he was advised by a friend to change the format from epistolary to first person. After he made these changes and sent the manuscript to publisher, the manuscript was rejected several times. It was not until he changed it back to being an epistolary novel that he was published. Beard had a hard time publishing "Dear Zoe". After being rejected so many times, he decided to self publish. While he was in the process of self-publishing, he went to a bookstore near his house that his friend owned. His friend and owner of the bookstore gave a copy of his manuscript to a publisher at Penguin Books. The rest is history and Penguin Books published Dear Zoe. The reception of "Dear Zoe" has been amazing. It appeared in several best book lists and the American Library Association named it one of the best books in 2005, the book has been reviewed and read by many. Since this novel was published, Beard has published two more books. While his other books are different, the one thing they all have in common is the theme of family dynamics. His other two books are "Swing" and "Lost in the Garden". These books are marketed toward adults.