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Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) is an American author, the daughter of author Robert C. O'Brien. She started her literary work by finishing the manuscript for her father's Z for Zachariah in 1974 after his death.[1]

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Jane Leslie Conly
Born	1948 (age 73–74)
Occupation	Fiction writer
Nationality	American
Education	Woodrow Wilson High School
Alma mater	Smith College, 1971
Genre	Children's literature, science fiction
Notable works	Racso and the Rats of NIMH R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH Crazy Lady!
Notable awards	Newbery Honor, 1994
Spouse	Peter
Children	Eliza and Will
Parents	Robert C. O'Brien and Sally (née McCaslin)

Her first own book, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, was published in 1986, and is a sequel to her father's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

Education

Conly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966 and from Smith College in 1971.

Personal life

Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her family: Peter, her husband; Eliza, her daughter; and Will, her son.

Awards

• 1994 Newbery Honor for Crazy Lady!
• 2012–2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List for Murder Afloat[2]

Works

• 1986: Racso and the Rats of NIMH, illustrated by Leonard Lubin (Harper & Row) – Children's Choice IRA, 1987
• 1990: R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, illus. Leonard Lubin – Children's Choice IRA, 1990
• 1993: Crazy Lady! – Newbery Honor Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1994
• 1995: Trout Summer – ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1996
• 1998: While No One Was Watching
• 1999: What Happened on Planet Kid
• 2002: The Rudest Alien on Earth
• 2005: In the Night, on Lanvale Street
• 2008: Impetuous R, Secret Agent, illus. Bonnie Leck
• 2010: Murder Afloat

References

External links

• Jane Leslie Conly at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jane Leslie Conly at Library of Congress Authorities, with 10 catalog records

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