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NancyLoewenwritesfictionandnonfictionforchildrenandyoungadults.Recentawardsinclude:2012MinnesotaBookAwardsfinalist(TheLASTDayofKindergarten);2011BankStreet'sBestChildren'sBooksoftheYear(ShareaScare:WritingYourOwnScaryStory);2011BookofNote，Tri-StateYoungAdultReviewCommittee(StubbornasaMuleandOtherSillySimiles);and2010DistinguishedAchievementAwardfromtheAssociationofEducationalPublishers(Writer'sToolboxSeries).She'salsoreceivedawardsfromTheAmericanLibraryAssociation，theNewYorkPublicLibrary，theIndependentBookPublishersAssociation，andtheSocietyofSchoolLibrariansInternational.NancyholdsanMFAincreativewritingfromHamlineUniversity，St.Paul.ShelivesintheTwinCitieswithherhusbandandtwoteenagechildren.