Natalie Lloyd | |
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Born | February 2 Tennessee |
Nationality | American |
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Natalie Lloyd (born February 2) is an American children's author.
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]
Seven of Lloyd's books are Junior Library Guild selections: A Snicker of Magic (2014), [8] A Snicker of Magic (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]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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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] |