Kimberly Willis Holt
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About
Most famous for her National Book Award-winning children's novel When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, this young adult fiction writer also penned the popular Piper Reed books and such stand-alone titles as Keeper of the Night and The Water Seeker.
Before Fame
Her debut novel, My Louisiana Sky, was published in 1998.
Trivia
She collaborated with illustrator Gabi Swiatkowska on a picture book titled Waiting for Gregory.
Family Life
Born in Florida to a United States Navy officer father, she spent her childhood in Louisiana, Guam, and France. She later settled in Amarillo, Texas.
Associated With
Her best-known book, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, was adapted into a 2003 film starring child actor Jonathan Lipnicki.
