Alison McGhee
AmericanLiterary FictionContemporary FictionYoung Adult (YA)b. 1960
Alison McGhee is an American author who writes novels, picture books, poems, and essays for all ages. She is a New York Times bestselling author and has won numerous awards, including four Minnesota Book Awards and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. McGhee is also a professor emerita of creative writing at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
Awards
['Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2011)', 'Minnesota Book Award (1999, 2000, 2003, 2008)', 'Great Lakes College Association National Fiction Award (1999)', 'Christopher Award (2017)', 'Pulitzer Prize nomination']
Notable Works
['Rainlight', 'Shadow Baby', 'Someday', 'Countdown to Kindergarten', 'Never Coming Back', 'The Opposite of Fate']
