Jennifer Armstrong
is the author of over fifty books for children from kindergarten through high
school. Best known for writing historical fiction, she has also been successful
in creating picture books, easy readers, chapter books, young adult novels, and
nonfiction. Armstrong is the winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding
Nonfiction for Shipwreck at the Bottom of
the World. Many of her books have been designated as Notable Books by the
American Library Association and the International Reading Association.
