• The Boyfriend List (Ruby Oliver series)
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Emily Jenkins (born 1967), who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart, is an American writer of children's picture books, young-adult novels, and adult fiction. She is known best for the Ruby Oliver quartet (which begins with The Boyfriend List), The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and We Were Liars.

Personal life

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.^[2] She went to Vassar College—where she studied illustrated books and interviewed Barry Moser for her senior thesis—and graduate school at Columbia University, where she earned a doctorate in English literature. She currently lives in the New York City area.

Writer

Jenkins writes as E. Lockhart for the young adult market; "Lockhart" was the family name of her mother's mother.^[3] Her first book by Lockhart was a novel, The Boyfriend List, published by Random House Dell Delacorte Press in 2005. There are three sequels, The Boy Book (2006), The Treasure Map of Boys (2009), and Real Live Boyfriends (2010), and the four are also known collectively as the Ruby Oliver novels after their central protagonist. Another novel for teens, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (2008), was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Young People's Literature^[4] and the Michael L. Printz Award. We Were Liars made the shortlist of four books for the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.^[5][6] The annual prize judged by British children's writers recognizes the year's best U.K.-published book by a writer who has not previously won it.

Under her real name Jenkins has collaborated with illustrators to produce children's picture books. They have received honors including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award (the original Toys Go Out, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky)^[7] and two runners-up for Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Five Creatures, illus. Tomek Bogacki, and That New Animal, illus. Pierre Pratt).

Works

===Children's books by Emily Jenkins===

• The Secret Life of Billie's Uncle Myron, co-written with her father Len Jenkin (no 's')^[8] (Macmillan/Henry Holt BYR, 1996) – "a middle-grade fantasy adventure novel with lots of jokes"^[9] {{OCLC|34245145}}
• Five Creatures, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster, 2001)
• My Favorite Thing (According to Alberta), Anna Laura Cantone (Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz, 2004)
• Daffodil, Tomek Bogacki (FSG/Frances Foster, 2004)
• That New Animal, Pierre Pratt (FSG/FF, 2005)
• Daffodil, Crocodile, Tomek Bogacki (FSG/FF, 2006)
• Love You When You Whine, Sergio Ruzzier (FSG/FF, 2006)
• Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone called Plastic, Paul O. Zelinsky (Random House/Schwartz & Wade, 2006) – a book of stories
• Bea and Haha board books, Tomek Bogacki (FSG/FF, 2006): 1. Num, num, num!; 2. Hug, hug, hug!; 3. Plonk, plonk, plonk!; 4. Up, up, up!
• What Happens on Wednesdays, Lauren Castillo (FSG/FF, 2007)
• Skunkdog, Pierre Pratt (FSG/Frances Foster, 2008)
• The Little Bit Scary People, Alexandra Boiger (Hyperion BFC, 2008)
• Being the Further Adventures of a Bossy-Boots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo, and a Hopeful Round Someone called Plastic, Paul O. Zelinsky (2008)
• Sugar Would Not Eat It, Giselle Potter (Schwartz & Wade, 2009)
• Small Medium Large, Tomek Bogacki (Cambridge, MA: Star Bright Books, 2011)
• Being the Early Experiences of an Intelligent Stingray, a Brave Buffalo, and a Brand-New Someone called Plastic, Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade, 2011)
• Invisible Inkling, Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2011) – a novel
• A Book About Two Kids Counting Money, G. Brian Karas (Schwartz & Wade, 2012)
• Dangerous Pumpkins, Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2012) – Invisible Inkling #2
• The Whoopie Pie War, Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2013) – Invisible Inkling #3
• Water in the Park, Stephanie Graegin (Schwartz & Wade, 2013)
• A Fine Dessert, Sophie Blackall (Schwartz & Wade, 2014)^[10]
• Princessland, Barbara McClintock (FSG/FF, 2014)^[11]
• Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-Loving Rubber Ball, Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade, 2015)^[12]
• The Fun Book of Scary Stuff (FSG, 2015)
• Tiger and Badger, Marie-Louise Gay (Candlewick, 2016)

Adult books by Emily Jenkins

• Adventures in Physical Culture (1998) – essays
• Mister Posterior and the Genius Child (Berkley Books, 2002) – a novel

===Young-adult books by E. Lockhart=== {{DEFAULTSORT:Lockhart, E.}}