Cynthia Lord is an American author of children's literature. Her

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'' was published by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, and was a 2007

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book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award.

Early life

Lord was born in

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and grew up in

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. In college, Lord had some short stories published, and won a contest with one.

Personal life

Lord lives with her husband and their two children, one of whom has

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, in

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Awards

* 2007

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* 2007 Schneider Family Book Award

Works

Novels

* ''

'', Scholastic, 2007, * ''Touch Blue'', Scholastic, 2010. * ''Half a Chance'', Scholastic, 2014. * ''A Handful of Stars'', Scholastic, 2015. *''Because of the Rabbit'', Scholastic, 2019.

''Hot Rod Hamster'' early reader books

* ''Hot Rod Hamster'', Scholastic, 2010. * ''Happy Birthday Hamster'', Scholastic, 2011. * ''Monster Truck Mania'', Scholastic, 2014. * ''Hot Rod Hamster and the Wacky Whatever Race'', Scholastic, 2014. * ''Hod Rod Hamster and the Halloween Party'', Scholastic, 2015.

''Shelter Pet Squad'' series

* ''Jelly Bean'', Scholastic, 2014. * ''Merlin'', Scholastic, 2015. * ''Paloma'', Scholastic, 2016.

Picture book

*''Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits'',

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Young Readers, 2019.

References

Interviews

Author's Talk
''Megan McCarthy''

''Bildungsroman'', April 3, 2006
2008 Audio Interview of Cynthia Lord

Debbi Michiko Florence

, ''cynsations'', March 10, 2006

External links

*
"''Rules'' by Cynthia Lord"
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