Jane Leslie Conly

Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) is an American author, the daughter of author Robert C. O'Brien. She started her literary work by finishing the manuscript for her father's Z for Zachariah in 1974 after his death.[1]

Jane Leslie Conly
Born1948 (age 72–73)
OccupationFiction writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationWoodrow Wilson High School
Alma materSmith College, 1971
GenreChildren's literature, Science Fiction
Notable worksRacso and the Rats of NIMH
R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH
Crazy Lady!
Notable awardsNewbery Honor, 1994
SpousePeter
ChildrenEliza and Will
ParentsRobert C. O'Brien and Sally (née McCaslin)

Her first own book, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, was published in 1986, and is a sequel to her father's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Education

Conly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966 and from Smith College in 1971.

Personal life

Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her family: Peter, her husband; Eliza, her daughter; and Will, her son.

Awards

Works
  • 1986: Racso and the Rats of NIMH, illustrated by Leonard Lubin (Harper & Row) – Children's Choice IRA, 1987
  • 1990: R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, illus. Leonard Lubin – Children's Choice IRA, 1990
  • 1993: Crazy Lady! – Newbery Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1994
  • 1995: Trout Summer – ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1996
  • 1998: While No One Was Watching
  • 1999: What Happened on Planet Kid
  • 2002: The Rudest Alien on Earth
  • 2005: In the Night, on Lanvale Street
  • 2008: Impetuous R, Secret Agent, illus. Bonnie Leck
  • 2010: Murder Afloat

References
  1. Anita Silvey. The essential guide to children's books and their creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. ISBN 0-618-19082-1. p. 98
  2. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award


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