Jessica Lee Anderson

Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of over seventy-five books for kids including the NAOMI NASH series, UNCERTAIN SUMMER, TRUDY (winner of the 2005 Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature), and many ABC books. She’s published multiple early readers, chapter books, as well as fiction and nonfiction for a variety of magazines including Highlights for Children. Jessica graduated from Hollins University with a Master of Arts in Children's Literature, and she instructed at the Institute of Children's Literature and St. Edward's University. Jessica lives near Austin, Texas with her husband, daughter, and an elderly rat terrier.