Middle Grade · Young Adult
J. Anderson Coats
Award-winning author of fiction for kids and teens
3–56–8📍 In-person💻 VirtualFree virtual Q&A✓ Published & vetted
Based in
Everett, WA
Local zone
30 mi · no travel fee
Featured books
8
About J.
J. Anderson Coats is the author of books for kids and teens. She has received five Junior Library Guild selections, two Washington State Book Awards, the New York Historical Children’s Book Prize, and earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Horn Book Review, and Shelf Awareness.
Books
The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2026
The Loss of the Burying Ground
Candlewick Press, 2024
A Season Most Unfair
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2023
The Night Ride
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2021
Spindle and Dagger
Candlewick Press, 2020
The Green Children of Woolpit
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2019
R is for Rebel
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2018
The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), 2017
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Grade levels3–5, 6–8
Local zoneNo travel fee within 30 mi
LanguagesEnglish
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