E. Lockhart

Emily Jenkins, also known as E. Lockhart is an American author. Jenkins was born in New York, New York on September 13, 1967. She writes in many genres such as children’s fiction and adult romance novels. She has even won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award twice. She has also written many respected young adult novels. 

Early life
Jenkins has always dreamed of being an author. She once said, "Growing up, I spent large parts of my life in imaginary worlds: Neverland, Oz, and Narnia, in particular.” She loved reading and when she was eight, she began to develop her own work. After she wrote her own books, Jenkins became interested in writing full-length novel imitations of Pippi Long Stocking and The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. She got inspiration for her later books like Five Creatures from her own life. She said, "I wanted to convey the sense of family I had with my pets." Jenkins has a husband, a daughter, and two cats. They all have different skills and preferences, but she used a Venn diagram to overlap their interests.

Jenkins continues to love spending her time living in her imaginary worlds, which she created within her books. She is an admired figure for many young writers and encourages them to pursue their dreams just as she did.

Books

 The Secret Life of Billie’s Uncle Myron
 Five Creatures
 Daffodil
 My Favorite Thing
 That New Animal
 Love You When You Whine
 What Happens on Wednesdays
 Skunkdog
 The Little BIt Scary People
 Sugar Would Not Eat It
 Hug, Hug, Hug!
 Num, Num, Num!
 Plonk, Plonk, Plonk!
 The Boyfriend List
 The Boy Book
 The Treasure Map of Boys
 Real Life Boyfriends
 Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
 Dramarama
 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
 How To be Bad
 We Were Liars
 Tongue First: Adventures in Physical Culture 
 Mister Posterior and the Genius Child
 Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures of a Bossyboots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo, and a Hopeful Round Someone Called Plastic

References

"Jenkins, Emily." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Category:Writers from New York (state)