Jennifer holm author biography

American author of children's books (born )

Jennifer L. Holm (born June 16, )^[a] is an American children's writer, and recipient of three Newbery Honors and the Eisner Award.^[3][4]

Biography

Holm was born in in San Diego, California.^[a][5] She spent her early life living on Whidbey Island on the Puget Sound in Washington state,^[6] before her family relocated to Audubon, Pennsylvania, with her four brothers.

She attended Methacton High School for four years. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write.^{[citation needed]}Our Only May Amelia, the story of a year-old girl living in lateth century in coastal southwestern Washington state, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, became her first published novel and was a Newbery Honor Book.

Holm also has written a series featuring Jane Peck, a young woman living