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JANET TAYLOR LISLE is the recipient of both the Newbery Honor for Afternoon of the Elves and the prestigious Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for The Art of Keeping Cool. Ms. Lisle is also the author of The Lost Flower Children, How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive, and Forest, among others. A graduate of Smith College, Ms. Lisle’s first career was in journalism, but she found she enjoyed the freedom of writing fiction and has since gone on to publish fifteen books for young people. She lives with her family close to Rhode Island shores that, like the beaches in Black Duck, were once secret entries for rumrunners. To learn more about the author, visit her website at www.janettaylorlisle.com.
