Lynne Kelly (fiction writer)
American writer
Lynne Kelly (born March 1, 1969) is an American author of books for children and young adults . Her first novel, Chained , was published in May 2012 by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux/Margaret Ferguson Books .[ 1]
Biography
Lynne Kelly is an author of middle grade and young adult fiction. She was born in Galesburg, Illinois and grew up in Houston, Texas . While studying for a psychology degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches , she started working as a sign language interpreter and continued that career after graduation.[ 2] Kelly became certified as a special education teacher in 2002, and started working on her first novel, Chained , while teaching in Spring ISD near Houston.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Kelly currently resides in the Houston, Texas area.[ 6]
Works
Chained (2012, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux/Margaret Ferguson Books , ISBN 0-374-31237-0 / 2014, Penguin India and Bayard (France) / 2015, Suzuki Publishing (Japan) [ 7] )
Song For a Whale (2019, Random House/Delacorte, ISBN 1-524-77023-X )
The Secret Language of Birds (2024, Delacorte Press, ISBN 1-524-77027-2 )
Three Blue Hearts (forthcoming, Delacorte)
Reception
Chained is a 2013 South Asia Book Award Honor[ 8] and a recipient of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrator's Crystal Kite Award .[ 9] [ 10] The book was reviewed in Kirkus , The Horn Book and School Library Journal . [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Awards
References
^ "Chained Macmillan Page" . Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "Lynne Kelly LinkedIn Page" . Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ Nandakumar, Sowmya (April 26, 2012). "Chained Redefines Connections and Breaking Free of Shackles" . Indo American News . Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "Lynne Kelly LinkedIn Page" . Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ Buron, Melissa (July 2010). "Interview with Lynne Kelly" . The Houston Banner . Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ Nandakumar, Sowmya (April 26, 2012). "Chained Redefines Connections and Breaking Free of Shackles" . Indo American News . Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "Books" . Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "2013 South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature" . Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "2013 Crystal Kite Award Winners" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ Wind, Lee (July 4, 2013). "The 2013 Crystal Kite Winner Profiles: Houston, Texas' Lynne Kelley (for "Chained")" . Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ "CHAINED by Lynne Kelly" . Kirkus Reviews . April 1, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
^ Heppermann, Christine, M. (July–August 2012). "Chained" . The Horn Book Magazine . 88 (4): 119–120. Retrieved August 12, 2013 . {{cite journal }}
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^ Hunter, Susan W. (June 2012). "Chained" . School Library Journal . 58 (6): 125. Retrieved August 12, 2013 .
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