www.dannelove.com

D. Anne Love is the award-winning author of numerous novels for middle grade readers and young adults. Her books take readers from the world of itinerant puppeteers in medieval England to the gates of the Alamo and the windswept plains of the Dakotas, from a ranch in modern-day Texas to a South Carolina plantation at the start of the Civil War. A former teacher, school principal and university professor, Dr. Love fills her stories with details gleaned from the meticulous research she conducts for each of her novels.

Her first novel, BESS’S LOG CABIN QUILT (1995) was featured in The Iowa Reading Journal, The Mailbox magazine, and was nominated for multiple state awards. MY LONE STAR SUMMER (1997) won the Friends of American Writers Juvenile Fiction Prize. Other books received multiple nominations for state awards and are a part of state reading lists nationwide. THE PUPPETEER’S APPRENTICE (2003) is a Book of the Month Club alternate.

Dr. Love holds degrees from Lamar University and the University of North Texas. She lives near Lake Austin with her husband and Major, their golden retriever.

For information on school visits and conference programs, please see her website