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 | |
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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.
Conly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966 and from Smith College in 1971.
Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her family: Peter, her husband; Eliza, her daughter; and Will, her son.
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