birth_place awards nationality notableworks language image article_title name occupation alma_mater
baltimore , maryland , united states cybils a melodrama award 2006 a drowned maiden 's hair : american '' splendors and glooms '' good masters ! sweet ladies ! '' '' english laura amy schlitz.jpeg laura amy schlitz
 laura amy schlitz writer , and lower school librarian at park school goucher college
laura amy schlitz

laura amy schlitz is an american author of children 's literature .
she is a librarian and storyteller at the park school in brooklandville , maryland .
she received the 2008 newbery medal for her children 's book entitled `` good masters !
sweet ladies !
voices from a medieval village '' , and the 2013 newbery honor for her children 's book , `` splendors and glooms '' .
her other published books are `` the hero schliemann : the dreamer who dug for troy '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , `` a drowned maiden 's hair : a melodrama '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , which won a cybils award that year , `` the bearskinner : a tale of the brothers grimm '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` the night fairy '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , and `` the hired girl '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- .
schlitz attended goucher college in towson , maryland , and graduated in 1977 .
