Jacqueline Kelly
Jacqueline Kelly is a children’s book author.
Personal life
Kelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her family to Canada when she was young, then to Texas.[1] She earned degrees in law and medicine and continues to practice medicine in Austin, Texas.[2]
Writing career
Kelly’s first published story appeared in the Mississippi Review in 2001.[3]
In 2009 her first novel, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, was published.[4] It tells the story of a young girl growing up in Texas in 1899, learning what it means to be a woman in turn-of-the-century America, and learning about science and the natural world from her grandfather.[5] The book won a 2010 Newbery Honor.[6]
Kelly has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows called Return to the Willows, and have been published in October 2012.
References
- ^ Jacqueline Kelly’s website
- ^ “The Evolution of Jacqueline Kelly”, Jennifer M. Brown, School Library Journal, 06/02/2009.
- ^ Mississippi Review 2001
- ^ Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
- ^ “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, Publishers Weekly, 05/04/2009.
- ^ Newbery Medal and Honor Books, Association for Library Service to Children.
