Lynne Rae Perkins (born July 31, 1956) is an American writer and illustrator of

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. Her novel '' Criss Cross'', winner of the 2006

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, is a book of vignettes, illustrations, photographs, and poems about a group of four small-town teenagers. Perkins' picture book ''Home Lovely'' was a runner-up for the

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. Her novel ''All Alone in the Universe'' was named an

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, a ''Booklist'' Editor's Choice, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, and a ''Smithsonian Magazine'' Notable Book for Children. Perkins was born and raised in

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, a suburb fourteen miles northeast of

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in the

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Valley. She earned her B.A. at

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in 1978 and her M.A. from the

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in 1981. She currently lives with her husband and two children in

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Works

* ''Home Lovely'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1995) * ''Clouds for Dinner'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1997) * '' All Alone in the Universe'', (Scholastic Books, 2000) * ''Georgie Lee'', illustrator, book by Sharon Phillips Denslow, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002) * ''The Broken Cat'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002) * ''Snow Music'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003) * '' Criss Cross'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2005) * '' Pictures from our Vacation'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2007) * ''The Cardboard Piano'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2008) * ''As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2010) * ''Seed by Seed'' (Illustrator), (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2012) * ''Nuts to You'', (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2014) * ''Frank and Lucky Get Schooled'', (New York: Greenwillow Book, 2016)

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* https://lynnerae.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, Lynne Rae 1956 births Living people People from Cheswick, Pennsylvania American children's writers Novelists from Pennsylvania 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women children's writers American women novelists Pennsylvania State University alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni Newbery Medal winners