birth_place awards nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation alma_mater
galesburg , il 2013 of children 's books writers and illustrator 's crystal kite south award asia book award honor , the society american 01 march 1969 middle grade fiction , young-adult fiction lynne kelly
 lynne kelly writer , sign language interpreter stephen f. austin state university
lynne kelly

lynne kelly -lrb- born march 1 , 1969 -rrb- is an american author of books for children and young adults .
her first novel , `` chained '' , was published in may 2012 by farrar , straus , & giroux/margaret ferguson books .
