Cynthia Lord is an American children's author. Her debut novel Rules was published by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, and was a 2007 Newbery Honor book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award.
Early life
Lord was born in Massachusetts and grew up in New Hampshire.
In college, Lord had some short stories published, and won a contest with one.
Career
Lord lives with her husband and their two children, one of whom has autism, in Brunswick, Maine.
Awards
2007 Newbery Honor Book
Schneider Family Book Award
Works
Novels
Rules, Scholastic, 2007, Touch Blue, Scholastic, 2010. Half A Chance, Scholastic, 2014. A Handful of Stars, Scholastic, 2015. Because of the Rabbit, Scholastic, 2019.
Hot Rod Hamster early reader books
Hot Rod Hamster, Scholastic, 2010. Happy Birthday Hamster, Scholastic, 2011. Monster Truck Mania, Scholastic, 2014. Hot Rod Hamster and the Wacky Whatever Race, Scholastic, 2014. Hod Rod Hamster and the Halloween Party, Scholastic, 2015.
Shelter Pet Squad series
Jelly Bean, Scholastic, 2014. Merlin, Scholastic, 2015. Paloma, Scholastic, 2016.
Picture book
Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Young Readers, 2019.
References
Interviews
Author's Talk, Megan McCarthy
Interview: Cynthia Lord, Bildungsroman, April 3, 2006
2008 Audio Interview of Cynthia Lord
An Interview With Debut Author, Cynthia Lord, Debbi Michiko Florence
Author Interview: Cynthia Lord on Rules, cynsations, March 10, 2006
External links
"Rules by Cynthia Lord" at Maw Books Blog
American children's writers
Newbery Honor winners
Living people
Novelists from Florida
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Brunswick, Maine
Novelists from New Hampshire
Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American women children's writers American women novelists Novelists from Maine