Jane Leslie Conly

American children's writer

Jane Leslie Conly

Born	1948 (age 75–76)
Occupation	Fiction writer
Nationality	American
Education	Woodrow Wilson High School
Alma mater	Smith College, 1971
Genre	Children's literature, science fiction
Notable works	Racso and the Rats of NIMH R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH Crazy Lady!
Notable awards	Newbery Honor, 1994
Spouse	Peter
Children	Eliza and Will
Parents	Robert C. O'Brien and Sally (née McCaslin)

Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) is an American author, the daughter of author Robert C. O'Brien. She started her literary work by finishing the manuscript for her father's Z for Zachariah in 1974 after his death.^[1]

Her first own book, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, was published in 1986, and is a sequel to her father's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Education

Conly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966 and from Smith College in 1971.

Personal life

Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her family: Peter, her husband; Eliza, her daughter; and Will, her son.

Awards

1994 Newbery Honor for Crazy Lady!
2012–2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List for Murder Afloat^[2]

Works

1986: Racso and the Rats of NIMH, illustrated by Leonard Lubin (Harper & Row) – Children's Choice IRA, 1987
1990: R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, illus. Leonard Lubin – Children's Choice IRA, 1990
1993: Crazy Lady! – Newbery Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1994
1995: Trout Summer – ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1996
1998: While No One Was Watching
1999: What Happened on Planet Kid
2002: The Rudest Alien on Earth
2005: In the Night, on Lanvale Street
2008: Impetuous R, Secret Agent, illus. Bonnie Leck
2010: Murder Afloat

References

^ Anita Silvey. The essential guide to children's books and their creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. ISBN 0-618-19082-1. p. 98
^ Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award