Lisa Jenn Bigelow

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Lisa Jenn Bigelow
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
GenreChildren's books and young adult fiction

Lisa Jenn Bigelow is an American writer of children's books and young adult fiction. Her middle-grade novel Hazel's Theory of Evolution won the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. [1] [2] [3]

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Personal life

Bigelow was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She currently lives near Chicago. [4] She can play piano, guitar, and harmonica. [5] Bigelow graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [6]

Career

While she's not writing, Bigelow works as a youth librarian in the Chicago metropolitan area. [6]

Publications

Awards and honors

Drum Roll, Please is a Junior Library Guild selection. [7]

Awards and honors for Bigelow's writing
YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.
2019Drum Roll, Please American Library Association Rainbow List Selection [8]
2020 Hazel’s Theory of Evolution Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Winner [1] [2] [3]
2020 Hazel’s Theory of Evolution American Library Association Rainbow List Selection [9]
2020 Hazel’s Theory of Evolution AudioFile Earphones Award WinnerWinner [10]
2013Starting from Here American Library Association Rainbow List Top 10 [11]

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