Jacqueline Kelly

Jacqueline Kelly is a New Zealand-born American writer of children's books.
Personal life.
Kelly was born in New Zealand and moved with her family to Canada when she was young, then to Texas. She earned degrees in law and medicine and continues to practice medicine in Austin, Texas.
Writing career.
Kelly's first published story appeared in the "Mississippi Review" in 2001.
In 2009 her first novel, "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate", was published. It tells the story of a young girl growing up in Texas in 1899, learning what it means to be a woman in turn-of-the-century America, and learning about science and the natural world from her grandfather. It was a Newbery Honor Book, one runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal. A follow-up, "The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate", has recently been published and is out.
Kelly has also written a sequel to "The Wind in the Willows" called "Return to the Willows", published in October 2012.