Lisa M Bolt Simons

Lisa M. Bolt Simons has written 70 nonfiction and fiction children's books--including five middle-grade Choose Your Path novels--and an adult history book. She has twice received an honorable mention for the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers in Children's Literature. She has also received three Minnesota State Arts Board grants, a MNSCBWI Writing Mentorship, a Shabo Award for Children's Picture Book Writers, and an artist grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council.

Lisa is a proud and slightly jealous mom to her math- and science-minded adult twins, Jeri and Anthony. Originally from Colorado, she lives in a Minnesota town (population: 140ish) with her husband, who also loves to read.