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Natalie Lloyd

Natalie Lloyd (born February 2) is an American children's author.

Natalie Lloyd
BornFebruary 2
Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Websitenatalielloyd.com

Lloyd lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with her husband and dogs. She was born in Tennessee with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she only grew to 4 foot 11 inches tall and used either a walker or a wheelchair until seventh grade. She did a degree in journalism in college.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Awards and honours

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Seven of Lloyd's books are Junior Library Guild selections: A Snicker of Magic (2014),[8] A Snicker of Magic audiobook (2014),[9] The Key to Extraordinary (2016),[10] The Key to Extraordinary audiobook (2016),[11] The Problim Children (2018),[12] The Problim Children audiobook (2018),[13] and Hummingbird (2022).[14]

A Snicker of Magic which was a New York Times bestseller.[citation needed] The Los Angeles Public Library and NPR named A Snicker of Magic one of the best children's books of 2014.[8][15] The following year, Bank Street College of Education included it on their list of the best books for children ages 9-12, marking it as a book of "Outstanding Merit."[16] The Association for Library Service to Children named it a 2015 Notable Books selection.[17][18]

Bank Street College of Education also included The Key to Extraordinary on their list of the best books of the year for children ages 9-12 in 2017.[19]

Awards for Lloyd's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2015 A Snicker of Magic E. B. White Read Aloud Award Honor
Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature Winner [20]
NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Recommended [21]
Odyssey Award Honor [22][23][24]
2023 Hummingbird Schneider Family Book Award Best Middle Grade Book Honor [25]

Bibliography

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  • A Snicker of Magic (2014)
  • The Key to Extraordinary (2016)
  • Over the Moon (2019)

Series

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  • The Problim Children (2018)
  • Carnival Catastrophe (2019)
  • Island in the Stars (2020)

References and sources

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  1. ^ "About Natalie Lloyd, New York Times Bestselling author". Natalie Lloyd Author. 2018-12-11. Archived from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  2. ^ "Author Interview with Natalie Lloyd : Sturdy for Common Things". Sturdy for Common Things. 2012-12-12. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. ^ "There's a Lion in My Closet by Natalie Lloyd". Nerdy Book Club. 2014-03-25. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. ^ "Natalie Lloyd". New Leaf Literary. Archived from the original on 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Natalie (2017-12-01). "Natalie Lloyd". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  6. ^ "Review: Young readers will appreciate Chattanooga author Natalie Lloyd". Knoxville News Sentinel. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  7. ^ "'A Snicker of Magic,' by Natalie Lloyd". The New York Times. 2014-04-04. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  8. ^ a b "A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  9. ^ "A Snicker of Magic (Audiobook) by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  10. ^ "The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  11. ^ "The Key to Extraordinary (Audiobook) by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  12. ^ "The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  13. ^ "The Problim Children (Audiobook) by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  14. ^ "Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd". Junior Library Guild . Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  15. ^ "Books We Love". NPR. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  16. ^ "Best Children's Books of the Year, Nine to Twelve, 2015 Edition" (PDF). Bank Street College of Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  17. ^ Schulte-Cooper, Laura (2015-03-03). "ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  18. ^ "Notable Children's Recordings: 2015". Booklist. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  19. ^ "Best Children's Books of the Year, Nine to Twelve, 2017 Edition" (PDF). Bank Street College of Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  20. ^ "Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalists". The Mythopoeic Society. Archived from the original on 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  21. ^ "NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® Outstanding Fiction for Children Winner List" (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  22. ^ "2015 Odyssey Winner and Honor Recordings". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2015-11-24. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  23. ^ "Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for 'H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination'". American Library Association. 2015-02-02. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  24. ^ "Odyssey Honor Audiobooks: 2015". Booklist. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  25. ^ "2023 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named". American Library Association. 2023-01-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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