{{short description|American children's author}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2014}} '''Cynthia Lord''' is an American author of children's literature. Her debut novel ''Rules'' was published by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, and was a 2007 Newbery Honor book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm |title=Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present |accessdate=11 March 2010 |publisher= American Library Association }}</ref>
==Early life== Lord was born in Massachusetts and grew up in New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cynthialord.com/about.htm|title=Cynthia Lord - About Me|website=cynthialord.com|accessdate=27 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724111646/http://cynthialord.com/about.htm|archive-date=24 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In college, Lord had some short stories published, and won a contest with one.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
==Personal life==
Lord lives with her husband and their two children, one of whom has autism, in Brunswick, Maine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adamsliterary.com/clients/lord/lord.html |title=Cynthia Lord |accessdate=2011-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415071811/http://adamsliterary.com/clients/lord/lord.html |archivedate=2011-04-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3144 |title=Cynthia Lord | Scholastic.com |access-date=2011-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308022804/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3144 |archive-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Awards== * 2007 Newbery Honor Book * 2007 Schneider Family Book Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whbeck.com/2007/11/10/cynthia-lord-and-the-schneider-award/ |title=Cynthia Lord and the Schneider Award! | W.H. Beck |access-date=2011-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323093632/http://www.whbeck.com/2007/11/10/cynthia-lord-and-the-schneider-award/ |archive-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Works== ===Novels=== * ''Rules'', Scholastic, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-545-03640-5}} * ''Touch Blue'', Scholastic, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-545-03531-6}} <!-- https://archive.org/details/touchblue00cynt --> * ''Half a Chance'', Scholastic, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-545-03533-0}}<!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/half-a-chance/ --> * ''A Handful of Stars'', Scholastic, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-545-70027-6}} <!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/a-handful-of-stars/ --> *''Because of the Rabbit'', Scholastic, 2019. {{ISBN|978-05-459-1424-6}}
===''Hot Rod Hamster'' early reader books=== * ''Hot Rod Hamster'', Scholastic, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-545-03530-9}} <!-- https://archive.org/details/hotrodhamster0000lord --> * ''Happy Birthday Hamster'', Scholastic, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-545-25522-6}} <!-- https://books.google.com/books?id=TtsnhhWB_AIC&q=Cynthia+Lord --> * ''Monster Truck Mania'', Scholastic, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-545-46261-7}} <!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/monster-truck-mania/ --> * ''Hot Rod Hamster and the Wacky Whatever Race'', Scholastic, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-545-69442-1}} <!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/hot-rod-hamster-and-the-wacky-whatever-race/ --> * ''Hod Rod Hamster and the Halloween Party'', Scholastic, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-545-81529-1}} <!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/hot-rod-hamster-and-the-haunted-halloween-party/ -->
===''Shelter Pet Squad'' series=== * ''Jelly Bean'', Scholastic, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-545-63596-7}} <!-- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cynthia-lord/jelly-bean/ --> * ''Merlin'', Scholastic, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-545-63600-1}} <!-- https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/merlin-by-cynthia-lord/ --> * ''Paloma'', Scholastic, 2016. {{ISBN|978-0-545-63604-9}} <!-- https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/paloma-by-cynthia-lord/ -->
===Picture book=== *''Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux Young Readers, 2019. {{ISBN|978-03-743-0841-4}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Interviews== *[http://www.meghan-mccarthy.com/authorstalk_cynthialord.html Author's Talk], ''Megan McCarthy'' *[http://slayground.livejournal.com/72045.html Interview: Cynthia Lord], ''Bildungsroman'', April 3, 2006 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144304/http://childrensbookradio.com/childrensbookradiopodcast31.mp3 2008 Audio Interview of Cynthia Lord] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110709005247/http://www.debbimichikoflorence.com/author_interviews/2006/cynthialord.html An Interview With Debut Author, Cynthia Lord], Debbi Michiko Florence * [https://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/03/author-interview-cynthia-lord-on-rules.html Author Interview: Cynthia Lord on ''Rules''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929084526/http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/03/author-interview-cynthia-lord-on-rules.html |date=2011-09-29 }}, ''cynsations'', March 10, 2006
==External links== {{Portal |Children's literature}} * {{official website }} * [https://archive.today/20121203181956/http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/01/26/rules-by-cynthia-lord/ "''Rules'' by Cynthia Lord"] at Maw Books Blog * {{LCAuth|n2005044602|Cynthia Lord|10|}}
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