Robert Cormier

Robert Edmund Cormier (1925–2000) was an American writer and journalist, best known for novels that are deeply pessimistic and often written for young adults. His books return to abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy, and in most of them the protagonists do not win. I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War are among his best-known works, and all of them won awards.