From award-winning author Sally Nicholls, her debut novel about a boy's last months with leukemia. 1. My name is Sam. 2. I am eleven years old. 3. I collect stories and fantastic facts. 4. I have leukemia. 5. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up. "[I]t skirts easy sentiment to confront the hard questions head-on, intelligently and realistically and with an enormous range of feeling." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Sam is a child whom readers would want as a friend and he will be missed when the book is done." -- School Library Journal, starred review "The energy and joy of this novel is a remarkable feat." -- Horn Book, starred review

这本书是谁写的？

萨莉•尼科尔斯（Sally Nicholls）

我生于1983年，家乡是英格兰的斯托克顿。我父亲在我两岁时就去世了，全靠妈妈把我一手抚养成人。

我从小就喜欢写作，小学时常于课间独自在校园内漫游，临时构思出怪异又有趣的故事，然后在课堂上讲给其他同学听。高中毕业后，我曾先后游历日本、澳大利亚和新西兰。后来回到英国继续读书，获得英国沃里克大学哲学和文学学士学位，巴斯思帕大学文学硕士学位。

《男孩的最后8个愿望》是我在22岁时写下的处女作。这本书已经被改编成电影，在2011年上映。

这是我的个人网站：

www.sallynicholls.com

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译者简介：

向丽娟，云南师范大学学士、首都经济贸易大学硕士。长期从事外语教学和外事工作，积累了丰富的翻译经验，兴趣广泛、视野宽广，曾有多种论文、译作出版。