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bio Mara Rockliff is the author of many lively historical books for children, including Around America to Win the Vote and Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France, winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor book. In 2022, her new books are Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott and A Perfect Fit: How Lena "Lane" Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion. Other well-known titles include Chik Chak Shabbat and Gingerbread for Liberty! (an ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of two state awards, the Garden State Children's Book Award and Land of Enchantment Book Award). Under the pen name Lewis B. Montgomery, she wrote all twelve books in the popular Milo & Jazz Mysteries chapter book series, which has been translated into Spanish, French, and Chinese. Rockliff's
public speaking experience includes TV and radio
as well as bookstores, libraries, schools, children's museums, writing
workshops, book festivals, and state and national conferences for
teachers and
librarians. She lives in western Massachusetts with her family. Visit
her online at mararockliff.com.
Or contact my agent, Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, at jennL@andreabrownlit.com.
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