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Kimberly Newton Fusco is the author of five novels for young readers, all published by Knopf Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House.

Her books have received multiple awards, including the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award, the Parents' Choice Silver Medal, the ALA Best Book for Young Adults, the New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, the International Reading Association’s Notable Book list, and Bank Street College's Best Books of the Year list. Her books were twice named Rhode Island Book of the Year by The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College - ASTAL, and she was a finalist for the Julia Ward Howe Young Readers Award by the Boston Authors Club.

She was a national award-winning education writer for the Worcester (MA) Telegram before becoming a novelist.  She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Raised in Massachusetts, she now lives with her family in Rhode Island, the Ocean State.