Eliot Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer (born November 25, 1978), is an American author of both Adult and Young Adult fiction, and a two-time finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. Schrefer's first novel Glamorous Disasters, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. He is most known for his young adult novels Endangered (2012) and Threatened (2014), which are survival stories featuring young people and great apes. He is currently on the faculty of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Schrefer has published eleven books to date. In reviewing his novel Endangered, The New York Times praised the depth of his characters, saying “As riveting as the action is, it’s the nuanced portraits of the characters, human and ape, that make the story so deeply affecting.” Dennis Abrams of Publishing Perspectives, also discussed in his review of Threatened, the way in which Schrefer “even makes his chimpanzees…into living breathing characters.”

In drawing parallels between the bonobo apes and human characters in these novels, Schrefer says that writing about the bonobos “allowed me to address more nakedly the feelings—jealousy, loyalty, anger, sorrow—that we all experience.”

Glamorous Disasters (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

The New Kid (Simon & Schuster, 2007)

Hack the SAT (Gotham Books, 2008)

The School for Dangerous Girls (Scholastic, 2009)

The Deadly Sister (Scholastic, 2010)

Greek Fantasy Novel (Scholastic, 2011)

Endangered (Scholastic, 2012)

Threatened (Scholastic, 2014)

Spirit Animals book 6: Rise and Fall (Scholastic, 2014)

Spirit Animals (Fall of the Beasts) book 1: Immortal Guardians (Scholastic, 2015)

Rescued (Scholastic, 2016)