L. M. Elliott (www.LMElliott.com) was a Washington-based journalist for almost twenty years, and twice a National Magazine Award finalist before becoming a novelist. She is the author of Under a War-Torn Sky—an NCSS/CBC Notable Book in Social Studies, Jefferson Cup Honor Book, one of Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, and winner of the Borders Original Voices Award—and its companions, A Troubled Peace (also an NCSS/CBC Notable) and Across a War-Tossed Sea (a Jefferson Cup Overfloweth title). Her other books include Annie, between the States, a New York Times Young Adult E-Book Bestseller, an IRA Teacher’s Choice, and an NYPL Book for the Teen Age; Da Vinci’s Tiger; and Give Me Liberty.
