Public Profile

ABOUT LAURIE WALLMARK

• Award-winning
  author Laurie Wallmark’s debut picture book, ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE
  THINKING MACHINE (Creston Books, 2015), received four starred trade reviews
  (Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal) and many national awards including
  Outstanding Science Trade Book and Cook Prize Honor Book. Her picture book
  biography, GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF
  COMPUTER CODE (Sterling Children’s Books, 2017), earned a Kirkus star, is a Parents’ Choice Gold
  Medal winner, and is on several public libraries’ “best of” lists, including
  New York. Her book, HEDY LAMARR’S
  DOUBLE LIFE (Sterling Children’s Books), released in February 2019. Laurie has an MFA in Writing for
  Children and Young Adults from VCFA. You can find Laurie on the Web at
  www.lauriewallmark.com and @lauriewallmark.s. 

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