Jenn Bailey is a multi-award winning author with her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has received the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Honor Award in 2020, the Schneider Family Award in 2024, and the Theodore Geisel Honor Award in 2024. She has also received the Kansas Notable Award, Thorpe Menn Award, Cybils Award, among others and has been included multiple times on the Bank Street Best Books, Capitol Choice, and Junior Library Guild Gold Selection lists.
Jenn is a strong advocate for “mirror, window, and sliding doors” books and believes all children deserve to see themselves and their experiences in story.