

What Happened on Planet Kid, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1999. While No One Was Watching, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1998. Trout Summer, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1995. R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, illustrated by Leonard Lubin, Harper & Row (New York, NY), 1990.Ĭrazy Lady!, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1993. Racso and the Rats of NIMH, illustrated by Leonard Lubin, Harper & Row ( New York, NY), 1986. MEMBER: Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, 1986, and Children's Choice, International Reading Association (IRA), 1987, both for Racso and the Rats of NIMH Children's Choice, IRA, 1990, for R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH Newbery Honor Book, Notable Children's Books, and Best Books for Young Adults, all American Library Association, all 1994, all for Crazy Lady! ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Notable Book, both 1996, both for Trout Summer Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book, 1998, for While No One Was Watching.

Has also worked as a director of a community center, a camp director, and a mortgage counselor. Agent-c/o Author Mail, Henry Holt & Co., 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011.ĬAREER: Writer.

Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, cooking, reading, fishing, camping, canoeing, listening to jazz.ĪDDRESSES: Home-Baltimore, MD. Education: Smith College, bachelor's degree, 1971 graduate of Johns Hopkins University writing seminars program, 1974. PERSONAL: Born 1948, in VA daughter of Robert Leslie (a writer and editor) and Sally (a writer and editor maiden name, McCaslin) Conly married Peter Dwyer (a public-interest attorney and social worker) children: Eliza, Will.
