E. Lockhart
| Emily Jenkins | |
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| Pen name | E. Lockhart |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1996-Present |
| Genres | Picture Books, Young Adult |
| Notable work(s) | Toys Go Out, The Boyfriend List, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, others |
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www.emilyjenkins.com |
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Emily Jenkins, who also writes under the name E. Lockhart,[1] is a writer of children's picture books, young adult novels, and adult fiction.
Her first novel as E. Lockhart, The Boyfriend List, was published in 2005 and has been followed by three sequels, The Boy Book (2006), The Treasure Map of Boys (2009), and Real Live Boyfriends (2010).These four novels are also known as the Ruby Oliver novels, based on their central protagonist. Her 2008 novel, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Young People's Literature[2] and the Michael L. Printz Award.[3] Her picture books, written as Emily Jenkins, have won numerous awards, including Boston Globe-Horn Book Award honors[4] and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award.[5]
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Personal life [edit]
Jenkins grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington. In high school she attended summer drama schools at Northwestern University and the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. She attended Lakeside School, a private high school in North Seattle. She went to Vassar College and graduate school at Columbia University. She has a doctorate in English literature. She currently lives in the New York City area.[6]
Selected bibliography [edit]
Children's Books by Emily Jenkins [edit]
- (1996) The Secret Life of Billie's Uncle Myron
- (2001) Five Creatures
- (2004) My Favorite Thing (According to Alberta)
- (2004) Daffodil
- (2005) That New Animal
- (2006) Daffodil, Crocodile
- (2006) Love You When You Whine
- (2006) Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic
- (2007) What Happens on Wednesdays
- (2008) Skunkdog
- (2008) The Little Bit Scary People
- (2008) Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures of a Bossy-Boots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo, and a Hopeful Round Someone Called Plastic
- (2009) Sugar Would Not Eat It
Adult Books by Emily Jenkins [edit]
- (1998) Tongue First: Adventures in Physical Culture
- (2002) Mister Posterior and the Genius Child
Young Adult Books by E. Lockhart [edit]
- (2005) The Boyfriend List
- (2006) The Boy Book
- (2006) Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
- (2007) Dramarama
- (2008) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- (2008) How to Be Bad (co-written with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski)
- (2009) The Treasure Map of Boys
- (2010) Real Live Boyfriends
External links [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "How to Be Bad," New York Times review of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
- ^ 2008 National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature: E. Lockhart
- ^ 2009 Printz Award winner and finalists
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/loveyouwhenyouwhine
- ^ http://www.emilyjenkins.com/toysgoout.html
- ^ E. Lockhart official website
