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Lyn Miller-Lachmann

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I've practiced writing ever since I was six years and invented an entire classroom of 24 kids who wanted to be my friends. The following year, my mother gave me a typewriter, and I started putting my stories on paper. It was my way of creating a world where everything worked out the way I wanted it to.

When I became a high school teacher, I started collecting my students’ stories, and I incorporated these into my first efforts to write for others. I taught English to refugees from Latin America and organized concerts of Latin American music, and the people I met inspired and encouraged me to write the novel that years later would become Gringolandia. After Gringolandia came out in 2009, I enrolled in the MFA program in Writing for Children & ...more

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That Moment of Disillusionment

Hudson, New York was a whaling town in the 19th century, which led to the adoption of the whale as the town's symbol. For several years I have exhibited at the Hudson Children's Book Festival, and in its early years authors and volunteers received a lovely t-shirt with the iconic whale. The giant aquatic mammal has a huge smile and is happily "spouting literacy."

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Average rating: 3.81 · 2,826 ratings · 654 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rogue 3.82 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torch 4.10 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gringolandia 3.75 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyes Open 3.86 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ways to Play by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Alborozo (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 106 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Persisted: Temple Grandin by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Goodreads Author), Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surviving Santiago 3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Film Makers: 15 Groundbreaking Women Directors by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Goodreads Author), Tanisia Moore (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirt Cheap: A Novel 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Cuento 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The door is open, but judging from the slow, mournful melody, I don't think he wants to talk.”
― Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Rogue

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“Throughout the blurry eyes, I stared at my trembling hands. A clear droplet splashed on my wrist, but I hadn't heard myself crying with all the noise, the kids laughing.”
― Lyn Miller-lachmann

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