Jennifer L. Holm Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Jennifer L. Holm
Holm in 2017
Born	(1968-06-16) June 16, 1968 (age 55) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer illustrator
Alma mater	Dickinson College
Period	1999–present
Notable works	Babymouse Squish The Stink Files Our Only May Amelia Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf Turtle in Paradise The Fourteenth Goldfish
Children	2

Jennifer L. Holm (born June 16, 1968) is an American children's writer, and recipient of three Newbery Honors and the Eisner Award.

Biography

Holm was born in 1968 in San Diego, California. She spent her early life living on Whidbey Island on the Puget Sound in Washington state, before her family relocated to Audubon, Pennsylvania, with her four brothers. She attended Methacton High School for four years. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write. Our Only May Amelia, the story of a 12-year-old girl living in late-19th century in coastal southwestern Washington state, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, became her first published novel and was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Holm also has written a series featuring Jane Peck, a young woman living in the 1850s (Boston Jane: An Adventure, Boston Jane: Wilderness Days and Boston Jane: The Claim); The Creek, a horror thriller; Babymouse and Squish, series of graphic novels for children illustrated by her brother Matthew; and The Stink Files, a series co-written with her husband Jonathan Hamel featuring James Edward Bristlefur, a cat raised by a British secret agent who is adopted by an American family and renamed Mr. Stink after his owner is murdered. Penny from Heaven, a story set in the 1950s featuring an 11-year-old Italian-American girl, was a 2007 Newbery Honor recipient. Turtle in Paradise, which is set in the Great Depression in Key West, Florida, was a 2011 Newbery Honor recipient. Babymouse for President won the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7).

Our Only May Amelia has been adapted for the stage by John Olive. The River Theater in Astoria, Oregon, performed it for its 2006 summer run, in conjunction with FinnFest USA '06. The events of the play (and book) were set just north of Astoria in Naselle, Washington.

Personal life

As of 2013, Holm lives in Foster City, California, with her husband and two children.

Works

Standalone novels

The Creek (2003)
Penny from Heaven (2007) - Newbery Honor
The Lion of Mars (2021)

The Fourteenth Goldfish series

The Fourteenth Goldfish (2014)
The Third Mushroom (2018)

Sunny series

Graphic novels, illustrated by Matthew Holm and colored by Lark Pien

Sunny Side Up (2015)
Swing it, Sunny (2017)
Sunny Rolls the Dice (2019)
Sunny Makes a Splash (2021)

May Amelia series

Our Only May Amelia (1999) - Newbery Honor
The Trouble with May Amelia (2011), illustrated by Adam Gustavson

Our Only May Amelia can be found in the Newbery Great Girls Boxed Set (1999) along with three other Newbery Winners.

Boston Jane novel series

Boston Jane: An Adventure (2001)
Wilderness Days (2002)
The Claim (2004)

Key West series

Turtle in Paradise (2010) - Newbery Honor
Full of Beans (2016) - a prequel from the perspective of Turtle's cousin, Beans.

Ginny Davis series

Illustrated by Elicit Castaldi

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff (2007)
Eighth Grade is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff (2012)

The Stink Files series

In collaboration with Jonathan Hamel, illustrated by Brad Weinman

The Stink Files, Dossier 001: The Postman Always Brings Mice (2004)
The Stink Files, Dossier 002: To Scratch a Thief (2004)
The Stink Files, Dossier 003: You Only Have Nine Lives (2005)

Babymouse series

Graphic novels, in collaboration with Matthew Holm

Queen of the World! (2005)
Our Hero (2005)
Beach Babe (2006)
Rock Star (2006)
Heartbreaker (2006)
Camp Babymouse (2007)
Skater Girl (2007)
Puppy Love (2007)
Monster Mash (2008)
Babymouse: The Musical (2009)
Dragonslayer (2009)
Babymouse Burns Rubber (2010)
Cupcake Tycoon (2010)
Mad Scientist (2011)
A Very Babymouse Christmas (2011)
Babymouse for President (2012)
Extreme Babymouse (2013)
Happy Birthday, Babymouse (2014)
Bad Babysitter (2015)
Babymouse Goes for the Gold (2016)

Compilations:

Babymouse Collection Books 1-13

Babymouse Tales From the Locker series

Illustrated by Matthew Holm

Lights, Camera, Middle School! (July 4, 2017), ISBN: 978-0399554384
Miss Communication (July 24, 2018), ISBN: 978-0399554414
School-Tripped (July 29, 2019), ISBN: 978-0399554452

Little Babymouse

Picture book, illustrated by Matthew Holm

Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes (October 24, 2016), ISBN: 978-1101937433

Squish series