Jodi Lynn Anderson is an American children's writer. Anderson grew up in northern

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. Anderson attended college in the

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where she graduated with a BA in British Literature. She went on to get an MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College. She started her career in books as a book editor at

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in NYC. Since then she has gone on to write fiction for young people and had a New York Times bestselling novel. She has spent time living in Georgia and

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but currently lives in

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. Anderson is married with one son.

Bibliography

;; May Bird * ''The Ever After'' (2005) * ''Among the Stars'' (2006) * ''Warrior Princess'' (2007) ;;Peaches * ''Peaches'' (2005) * ''The Secrets of Peaches'' (2006) * ''Love and Peaches'' (2008) ;;Novels * ''Loser/Queen'' (2010) * ''Tiger Lily'' (2012) * ''The Vanishing Season'' (2014) * ''The Moment Collector'' (2014) * ''My Diary from the Edge of the World'' (2015) * ''Midnight at the Electric'' (2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Jodi Lynn Living people American children's writers American women children's writers 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from New Jersey University System of Maryland alumni Year of birth missing (living people)