PC Senior Signs Book Deal,
Looks to 2008 Publication Date

Senior Elizabeth Golden has signed a contract with Lobster Press to publish a book she wrote about her recovery from a scoliosis operation.

Elizabeth started writing the book in eighth grade while she was absent from Penn Charter for a month recovering from surgery on her spine. She soon decided she wanted to share her story with other children and teens. Elizabeth believes the book will be of interest to young people with scoliosis as well as others confronting or recovering from major surgery or illness.

"So many people that get [scoliosis] are looking for something to read about it," Elizabeth said. "I met with an agent who wanted to help me realize what I wanted to do with it because I wanted other people to have access to it."

Elizabeth is represented by the Helen Rees Literary Agency, a Boston group whose clients include Alan Dershowitz, John Kerry and Vicki Lane. Elizabeth received an offer from another publishing house, but with her agent at Helen Rees she decided to sign with Lobster Press, an award-winning children's publisher based in Canada.

Elizabeth has spent summers editing the book and, with a lititle help from English teacher Rachel Malhotra, turning memoir into novel. Knowing that the title, "When Life Throws You a Curve," and even the fiction format may change during the publishing process, Elizabeth is busy working on the manuscript as part of her Senior Comprehensive Project.

Elizabeth will attend Yale University in September 2007. Lobster Press expects to release the book in 2008.