Jane Leslie Conly

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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[]

External links[]

• Jane Leslie Conly at Brief Biographies (jrank.org)
• Jane Leslie Conly at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jane Leslie Conly at Library of Congress Authorities, with 10 catalog records

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