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name: Mara Rockliff
about: Mara Rockliff is the author of many lively historical books for children, including Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France, winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor book. Her newest titles are Billie Jean! How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women's Sports and Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope. Other recent books include Around America to Win the Vote; Anything but Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic; and Gingerbread for Liberty! (an ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award and Land of Enchantment Book Award). Under the pen name Lewis B. Montgomery, she wrote all twelve books in the popular Milo &amp; Jazz Mysteries c Mara Rockliff is the author of many lively historical books for children, including Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France, winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor book. Her newest titles are Billie Jean! How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women's Sports and Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope. Other recent books include Around America to Win the Vote; Anything but Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic; and Gingerbread for Liberty! (an ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award and Land of Enchantment Book Award). Under the pen name Lewis B. Montgomery, she wrote all twelve books in the popular Milo &amp; Jazz Mysteries chapter book series. Rockliff lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with her family. Visit her online at mararockliff.com. ...more