Ann E. Burg
Ann E. Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup Award winner, and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society. Her follow-up, Serafina's Promise, was an ALA Notable Book, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Her latest novel, Unbound, was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize and the Christopher Award, among other distinctions. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.