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American writer of children's books and young adult fiction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lisa Jenn Bigelow is an American writer of children's books and young adult fiction. Her middle-grade novel Hazel's Theory of Evolution won the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature.[1][2][3]
Lisa Jenn Bigelow | |
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Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Genre | Children's books and young adult fiction |
Bigelow was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She currently lives near Chicago.[4] She can play piano, guitar, and harmonica.[5] Bigelow graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[6]
While she's not writing, Bigelow works as a youth librarian in the Chicago metropolitan area.[6]
Drum Roll, Please is a Junior Library Guild selection.[7]
Year | Title | Award/Honor | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Drum Roll, Please | American Library Association Rainbow List | Selection | [8] |
2020 | Hazel’s Theory of Evolution | Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature | Winner | [1][2][3] |
2020 | Hazel’s Theory of Evolution | American Library Association Rainbow List | Selection | [9] |
2020 | Hazel’s Theory of Evolution | AudioFile Earphones Award Winner | Winner | [10] |
2013 | Starting from Here | American Library Association Rainbow List | Top 10 | [11] |
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