E. Lockhart

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Emily Jenkins
BornSeptember 13, 1967[1] (age 53)
New York City, New York[2]
Pen nameE. Lockhart
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1996–present
GenreChildren's picture books, young adult fiction
Notable works
  • The Boyfriend List (Ruby Oliver series)
  • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Website
emilyjenkins.com

Emily Jenkins (born September 13, 1967), who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart,[3] is an American writer of children's picture books, young-adult novels, and adult fiction. She is known best for the Ruby Oliver quartet (which begins with The Boyfriend List), The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and We Were Liars.

Personal life[]

Jenkins grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington.[2] In high school she attended summer drama schools at Northwestern University and the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis.[2] She attended Lakeside School, a private high school in North Seattle.[4] She went to Vassar College—where she studied illustrated books and interviewed Barry Moser for her senior thesis[5]—and graduate school at Columbia University, where she earned a doctorate in English literature.[2] She currently lives in the New York City area.[2]

Writer[]

Jenkins writes as E. Lockhart for the young adult market; "Lockhart" was the family name of her mother's mother.[6] Her first book by Lockhart was a novel, The Boyfriend List, published by Random House Dell Delacorte Press in 2005. There are three sequels, The Boy Book (2006), The Treasure Map of Boys (2009), and Real Live Boyfriends (2010), and the four are also known collectively as the Ruby Oliver novels after their central protagonist. Another novel for teens, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (2008), was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Young People's Literature[7] and the Michael L. Printz Award.[2] We Were Liars made the shortlist of four books for the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[8][9] The annual prize judged by British children's writers recognizes the year's best U.K.-published book by a writer who has not previously won it.

Under her real name Jenkins has collaborated with illustrators to produce children's books and picture books. They have received honors including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award (the original Toys Go Out, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky)[10] and two runners-up for Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Five Creatures, illus. Tomek Bogacki, and That New Animal, illus. Pierre Pratt).[11]

Works[]

Children's books by Emily Jenkins[]

  • The Secret Life of Billie's Uncle Myron, co-written with her father Len Jenkin (no 's')[12][13] (Macmillan/Henry Holt BYR, 1996) – "a middle-grade fantasy adventure novel with lots of jokes"[14] OCLC 34245145
  • Five Creatures, illustrated by , (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Frances Foster, 2001)
  • My Favorite Thing (According to Alberta), illustrated by (Simon & Schuster/, 2004)
  • Daffodil, illustrated by (FSG/Frances Foster, 2004)
  • , illustrated by (FSG/FF, 2005)
  • , illustrated by (FSG/FF, 2006)
  • , illustrated by (FSG/FF, 2006)
  • , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Random House/Schwartz & Wade, 2006) – a book of stories
  • board books, illustrated by (FSG/FF, 2006): 1. ; 2. ; 3. ; 4.
  • , illustrated by Lauren Castillo (FSG/FF, 2007)
  • , illustrated by (FSG/Frances Foster, 2008)
  • , illustrated by (Hyperion BFC, 2008)
  • , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (2008)
  • , illustrated by (Schwartz & Wade, 2009)
  • , illustrated by (Cambridge, MA: , 2011)
  • , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade, 2011)
  • , illustrated by Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2011) – a novel
  • , illustrated by (Schwartz & Wade, 2012)
  • , illustrated by Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2012) – Invisible Inkling #2
  • , illustrated by Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, 2013) – Invisible Inkling #3
  • , illustrated by (Schwartz & Wade, 2013)
  • , illustrated by Sophie Blackall (Schwartz & Wade, 2014)[15]
  • , illustrated by Barbara McClintock (FSG/FF, 2014)[16]
  • , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade, 2015)[17]
  • illustrated by Hyewon Yum (FSG, 2015)
  • , illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Candlewick, 2016)

Adult books by Emily Jenkins[]

Young-adult books by E. Lockhart[]

As a co-author[]

  1. Upside-Down Magic
  2. Sticks & Stones
  3. Showing Off
  4. Dragon Overnight
  5. Weather or Not
  6. The Big Shrink

References[]

  1. ^ Library of Congress Authorities cites a 2002 phone call to publisher.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "FAQ". e. lockhart: i write novels (emilylockhart.com). Last updated February 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  3. ^ "How to Be Bad". Donna Freitas. The New York Times. August 15, 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
      Review of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.
  4. ^ "Emily Jenkins '85: "Subversive and clever" novels with "fierce femme" heroines - Lakeside School". www.lakesideschool.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Emily Jenkins". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  6. ^ "Biography" Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. e. lockhart: i write novels (emilylockhart.com). Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  7. ^ 2008 National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature: E. Lockhart. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2014-07-16. With linked audio-video reading.
  8. ^ "The Guardian children's fiction prize longlist 2014 – in pictures". The Guardian. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  9. ^ "Guardian children's fiction award shortlist 2014". Emily Drabble. The Guardian. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  10. ^ "Toys Go Out" Archived September 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Emily Jenkins (emilyjenkins.com). Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  11. ^ "Seven Impossible Interviews Before Breakfast #5: Emily Jenkins — One of Our Favorite Writers (According to Us)". Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast: a blog about books (sevenimpossiblethings.com). February 7, 2007. Retrieved 2014-07-16. Interview with length introduction, by Eisha and Jules.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Emily Jenkins" (about). Emily Jenkins (emilyjenkins.com). Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  13. ^ "About Len Jenkin". www.lenjenkin.com.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Sophie Blackall's Blog - A Fine Dessert - Part 1 - October 03, 2013 11:22". www.goodreads.com.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ Jenkins, Emily; Zelinsky, Paul O. (July 3, 2015). "Toys meet snow: being the wintertime adventures of a curious stuffed buffalo, a sensitive plush stingray, and a book-loving rubber ball". Schwartz & Wade Books – via catalog.loc.gov Library Catalog.
  18. ^ "Title: Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything". www.isfdb.org.

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