Jennifer L. Holm
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Biography
Holm was raised in Audubon, PennsylvaniaAudubon, Pennsylvania
Audubon is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,433 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Audubon is located at in the township of Lower Providence....
with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...
, she worked in television and later began to write. Our Only May Amelia, the story of a 12-year-old girl living in the late 19th century, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, became her first published novel and was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Holm also has written a series starring Jane Peck, a young woman living in the 1850s (Boston Jane: An Adventure, Boston Jane: Wilderness Days and Boston Jane: The Claim); The Creek, a horror thriller; a series of graphic novels for young adults illustrated by her brother Matthew (Babymouse: Queen of the World, Babymouse: Our Hero, Babymouse: Beach Babe, Babymouse: Rock Star, Babymouse: Heartbreaker, and Camp Babymouse); and The Stink Files
The Stink Files
The Stink Files is a series of three children's mystery books by Jennifer L. Holm and Jonathan Hamel. The main character is a cat named James Edward Bristlefur AKA Mr. Stink.- Books :...
, a series co-written with her husband Jonathan Hamel starring James Edward Bristlefur, a cat raised by a British secret agent who is adopted by an American family and renamed Mr. Stink after his owner is murdered. Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven is a children's novel that was named a Newbery Honor book in 2007. It was written by Jennifer L. Holm, the author of another Newbery Honor book, Our Only May Amelia and first published by Random House.-Plot introduction:...
, a story set in the 1950s starring an 11-year-old Italian-American girl, was a 2007 Newbery Honor recipient. Turtle in Paradise
Turtle in Paradise
Turtle in Paradise is a 2010 Newbery Honor Book by Jennifer L. Holm. The main character, Turtle, is eleven years old and lives in Key West, Florida during the Great Depression....
, which is set in the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
in Key West
Key West
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, was a 2011 Newbery Honor recipient.
Our Only May Amelia has been adapted for the stage by John Olive. The River Theater in Astoria, Oregon
Astoria, Oregon
Astoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811...
performed it for its 2006 summer run, in conjunction with FinnFest USA '06. The events of the play (and book) were set just north of Astoria in Naselle, Washington
Naselle, Washington
Naselle is a census-designated place in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 419 at the 2010 census. Though very near Columbia River's estuary, the valley's Naselle River flows west into nearby Willapa Bay and then into the Pacific Ocean. Close about the town lie the...
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Works
- Our Only May Amelia (1999)
- The Creek (2003)
- Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (2007)
- Penny from HeavenPenny from HeavenPenny from Heaven is a children's novel that was named a Newbery Honor book in 2007. It was written by Jennifer L. Holm, the author of another Newbery Honor book, Our Only May Amelia and first published by Random House.-Plot introduction:...
(2007) - Turtle in ParadiseTurtle in ParadiseTurtle in Paradise is a 2010 Newbery Honor Book by Jennifer L. Holm. The main character, Turtle, is eleven years old and lives in Key West, Florida during the Great Depression....
(2010)
Boston Jane novel series
- An Adventure (2001)
- Wilderness Days (2002)
- The Claim (2004)
Babymouse Series
- Queen of the World (2005)
- Our Hero (2005)
- Beach Babe (2006)
- Rock Star (2006)
- Heartbreaker (2006)
- Camp Babymouse (2007)
- Skater Girl (2007)
- Puppy Love (2007)
- Monster Mash (2008)
- The Musical (2009)
- Dragonslayer (2009)
- Burns Rubber (2010)
- Cupcake Tycoon (2010)
- Mad Scientist (2011)
- A Very Babymouse Christmas (2011)
The Stink Files series
- The Postman Always Brings Mice (2004) (with Jonathan Hamel)
- To Scratch a Thief (2004) (with Jonathan Hamel)
- You Only Have Nine Lives (2005) (with Jonathan Hamel)