Janet Taylor Lisle's novels for young readers include five selected as Best Books of the Year by School Library Journal: SIRENS AND SPIES, THE LAMPFISH OF TWILL, FOREST, A MESSAGE FROM THE MATCH GIRL (from the Investigators of the Unknown series), and AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES, a Newbery Honor Book. Her most recent title for Atheneum is THE ART OF KEEPING COOL, a Horn Book Fanfare title and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

She lives with her family on the coast of Rhode Island.

Books by Janet Taylor Lisle

Black Duck

by Janet Taylor Lisle - Historical Fiction

The Crying Rocks

by Janet Taylor Lisle - Fiction