Illinois Authors

Amy Timberlake

Born: in Seattle, Washington
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Timberlake graduated with her Masters from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently resides in Chicago.

Biography: Amy Timberlake is an author and illustrator. She has worked as a book reviewer & columnist, a children’s bookseller, a book event coordinator, and as the Public Information Officer of the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

• '''''The Dirty Cowboy'''''
• -- Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• -- Gold Medal, Parents Choice
• -- Notable Book, International Reading Association, 2004
• -- First Prize, Marion Vannett Ridgway Awards, 2004
• -- Finalist, Spur Award (Western Writers of America)
• -- Finalist, Southeast Booksellers Association 2004 Book Award
• '''''That Girl Lucy Moon'''''
• -- Book Sense Pick
• -- 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing, New York Public Library
• -- Bank Street Best Children's Book, 2007
• -- Amelia Bloomer Book, 2007
• -- Friends of American Writers Literary Award
• '''''One Came Home'''''
• -- Newbery Honor Book
• -- ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book
• -- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel
• -- 2013 Junior Library Guild pick
• -- Starred Review, Kirkus
• -- Starred Review, The Horn Book
• -- Starred Review, The School Library Journal
• -- 2014 ILLINOIS READS Book
• "Skunk and Badger"
• -- Best Book for Kids, People, 2020
• -- Best Children’s Book, Kirkus, 2020
• -- Editor’s Choice Book, Booklist. 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, School Library Journal, 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly, 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, Shelf Awareness for Readers, 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, New York Public Library, 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, Chicago Public Library, 2020
• -- Best Book of the Year, Indigo, 2020
• -- Great Kids Book of the Year, Evanston Public Library, 2020
• -- Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Selection, Capitol Choices, 2021
• -- Starred Review, Kirkus
• -- Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
• -- Starred Review, Booklist
• -- Nominee, Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, 2020

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Website: http://www.amytimberlake.com
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Timberlake

Selected Titles

	One came home / ISBN: 0375869255 OCLC: 761334660 In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body -- wearing Agatha's blue-green ball gown -- everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.
	Skunk and Badger / ISBN: 1643750054 OCLC: 1143795635 The last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends.
	That Girl Lucy Moon / ISBN: 0786852992 OCLC: 231372015 Hyperion, New York : 2008. Lucy Moon, a self-proclaimed activist who fights corruption and injustice, is labeled a "bad influence" when she goes up against the richest woman in town over the issue of sledding rights on Wiggins Hill.
	The dirty cowboy ISBN: 9780374317911 OCLC: 47947505 Telling his faithful dog to make sure nobody touches his clothes but him, a cowboy jumps into a New Mexico river for a bath, not realizing just how much the scrubbing will change his scent.