Tanya Lee Stone studied English at Oberlin College and was an editor of children's nonfiction for many years. She also has a Masters Degree. She teaches writing at Champlain College.

 

After many years as an editor, Tanya moved to Vermont and returned to writing. This award-winning author has written titles that include the young adult novel, A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL (Wendy Lamb/Random House), UP CLOSE: ELLA FITZGERALD (Viking),  picture books ELIZABETH LEADS THE WAY (Holt 2008), SANDY'S CIRCUS (Viking 2008), and WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN'T BE DOCTORS Holt 2013) and narrative nonfiction ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Candlewick 2009), THE GOOD,T HE BAD, AND THE BARBIE (Viking 2010), and COURAGE HAS NO COLOR (Candlewick 2013). A new picture book about Jane Addams called THE HOUSE THAT JANE BUILT (Holt 2014) is forthcoming. 

Tanya Lee Stone

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