Jacqueline Kelly
| Jacqueline Kelly | |
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| Born | New Zealand |
| Notable works | The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate |
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Jacqueline Kelly is a New Zealand-born American writer of children's books.
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] It was a Newbery Honor Book, one runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal.[6] A follow-up, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, has recently been published and is out.
Kelly has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows called Return to the Willows, published in October 2012.
See also
References
- ↑ Jacqueline Kelly’s website
- ↑ "The Evolution of Jacqueline Kelly", Jennifer M. Brown, School Library Journal, June 2, 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, May 4, 2009.
- ↑ Newbery Medal and Honor Books, Association for Library Service to Children.
External links
- Official website
- Jacqueline Kelly at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalog records
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- American writers of young adult literature
- American historical novelists
- Writers from Austin, Texas
- American physicians
- Newbery Honor winners
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century women writers
- American women novelists
- Women writers of young adult literature
- Women historical novelists
