Jennifer L. Holm

Holm was born in California in 1968. She grew up in Audubon, Pennsylvania.  Her father, William W. Holm, was a pediatrician. Her mother, Beverly A. Holm, was a pediatric nurse.  She married Jonathan Hamel, who was both a writer and a computer programmer. She went to Dickinson College in 1990. She has two children, Will and Millie May.

• Turtle in Paradise
• Our Only May Amelia
• Penny From Heaven
• Boston Jane: An Adventure
• Boston Jane: Wilderness Days
• Boston Jane: The Claim
• Babymouse: Queen of the World!
• Babymouse: Our Hero!
• Babymouse: Heartbreaker
• Babymouse: Rock Star
• Babymouse: Beach Babe!
• Babymouse: Puppy Love
• Babymouse: Camp Babymouse
• Babymouse: Skater Girl
• Babymouse: Monster Mash,
• Babymouse for President
• The Fourteenth Goldfish
• Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
• The Postman Always Brings Mice
• To Scratch a Thief
• You Only Have Nine Lives
• The Creek

Her awards include:

For Our Only May Amelia

• Parents’ Choice Silver Award
• The Best Book of the Year Designation
• Newbery Honor
• Notable Book Designation
• American Library Association (ALA)
• Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Designation
• National Council for the Social Studies
• Utah Book Award
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award

For Boston Jane: An Adventure

• Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award
• ALA Best Books for Young Adults citation
• Book Sense 76 Pick

For Penny From Heaven

• Newbery Honor

For Baby Mouse:  Queen of the World!

• Gryphon Award
• ALA Notable Children’s Book
• New York Book Show Awards

For Baby Mouse for President

• Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best publication for early readers

• "Jennifer L. Holm." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.