Lee Gjertsen Malone
Agent
Lee Gjertsen Malone is a Massachusetts transplant via Long Island, Brooklyn, and Ithaca, New York. As a journalist she’s written about everything from wedding planning to the banking crisis to how to build your own homemade camera satellite. Her interests include amateur cheese making, traveling, associating with animals, shushing people in movie theaters, kickboxing and blinking very rapidly for no reason. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband, daughter and a rotating cast of pets.
Find Lee on her website, or follow her on Twitter @Lee_G_Malone.
Bibliography
- Children'sCamp Shady CrookLee Gjertsen Malone
- Children'sThe Last Boy at St. Edith’sLee Gjertsen Malone
Reviews
Children's
Camp Shady Crook
“A summer-camp story that’s just right for summer reading.”
“Malone’s funny mystery of evolving relationships and self-realizations depicts all the emotions most young campers experience at summer camp. The result is a playful and relatable story with an enticing touch of mischief.”
“A fun, fast-paced tale recommended for most middle grade collections.”
"The writing is crisp, and the story is pretty fast-moving with a lot of humor. This is perfect for the middle-grade set."
"[The] story becomes magic [...] There’s a lot to unpack about what it means to be a friend and what you have to do to make and keep friends. Check out this fun summer-themed story!"
The Last Boy at St. Edith’s
“This is a funny, emotional book that will quickly become a favorite to many a reader, regardless of age. Sweet, funny, exciting—a spectacular debut.”
“Malone’s debut is a sweet, candid novel about fitting in, messing up, and making amends.”
“Humor mixes with more serious issues in this clever debut.”
“This is an enjoyable, straightforward tale that will have readers sympathizing with Jeremy’s journey of struggling with individuality, to embracing it.”School Library Connection
Awards & Accolades
Children's
Camp Shady Crook
USA
2019 Junior Library Guild Selection
The Last Boy at St. Edith’s
USA
Amazon: “Best Book of the Month”
USA
2018 Nutmeg Award Finalist
Japan
2018 Sakura Medal Finalist