词条 | Jacqueline Kelly |
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| name = Jacqueline Kelly | image = | imagesize = 1000xp | caption =Jacqueline Kelly | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = New Zealand | death_date = N/a | death_place = N/A | occupation = writer | nationality = Born in New Zealand, later Canadian and American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = writing | movement = | notableworks = The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = Newbery Honor | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.jacquelinekelly.com}} | portaldisp = }} Jacqueline Kelly is a New Zealand-born American writer of children's books. Personal lifeKelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her family to Canada when she was young, then to Texas.[1] She earned degrees in law and medicine and continues to practice medicine in Austin, Texas.[2] Writing careerKelly's first published story appeared in the Mississippi Review in 2001.[3] In 2009 her first novel, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, was published.[4] It tells the story of a young girl growing up in Texas in 1899, learning what it means to be a woman in turn-of-the-century America, and learning about science and the natural world from her grandfather.[5] It was a Newbery Honor Book, one runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal.[6] A follow-up, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, has recently been published and is out. Kelly has also written a sequel to The Wind in the Willows called Return to the Willows, published in October 2012. BibliographyCalpurnia Tate
Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
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References1. ^Jacqueline Kelly’s website 2. ^"The Evolution of Jacqueline Kelly", Jennifer M. Brown, School Library Journal, June 2, 2009. 3. ^[https://shop.usm.edu/ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=272 Mississippi Review 2001] 4. ^Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2009. 5. ^"The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate", Publishers Weekly, May 4, 2009. 6. ^Newbery Medal and Honor Books, Association for Library Service to Children. External links
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