Jane Leslie Conly

Jane Leslie Conly is the author of Holt's critically acclaimed "Trout Summer" (an ALA Notable and Best Book for Young Adults) and the Newbery Honor Book "Crazy Lady!," as well as "Racso and the Rats of NIMH," which was a sequel to the Newbery Medal winner written by her father, Robert O'Brien. A graduate of Smith College, Jane Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her family.