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Natalie Lloyd
Natalie Lloyd (born February 2) is an American children's author. Lloyd lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with her husband and dogs. She was born in Tennessee with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she only grew to 4 foot 11 inches tall and used either a walker or a wheelchair until seventh grade. She did a degree in journalism in college.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Awards and honoursSeven of Lloyd's books are Junior Library Guild selections: A Snicker of Magic (2014),[8] A Snicker of Magic audiobook (2014),[9] The Key to Extraordinary (2016),[10] The Key to Extraordinary audiobook (2016),[11] The Problim Children (2018),[12] The Problim Children audiobook (2018),[13] and Hummingbird (2022).[14] A Snicker of Magic which was a New York Times bestseller.[citation needed] The Los Angeles Public Library and NPR named A Snicker of Magic one of the best children's books of 2014.[8][15] The following year, Bank Street College of Education included it on their list of the best books for children ages 9-12, marking it as a book of "Outstanding Merit."[16] The Association for Library Service to Children named it a 2015 Notable Books selection.[17][18] Bank Street College of Education also included The Key to Extraordinary on their list of the best books of the year for children ages 9-12 in 2017.[19]
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