Voigt, Cynthia

Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for "Dicey s Song", the Newbery Honor Award for "A Solitary Blue", and the National Book Award Honor for "Homecoming", all part of the beloved Tillerman cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle grade and teen readers, including "Izzy, Willy-Nilly" and "Jackaroo". She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.