Name: Maryrose Wood
Biographical Information: Maryrose Wood started her career by actin
g on Broadway and doing improv comedy. After earning her stripes as a playwright and screenwriter, she began writing fiction for middle-grade and teen readers. The Mysterious Howling, the first book in The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, was named a Best Children’s Book of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Public Library and others. Book 2, The Hidden Gallery, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a Kid’s Indie Next pick. Maryrose teaches fiction writing at Lehman College and is available for school and library visits.
Featured book: The Hidden Gallery, Book 2 of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. Miss Penelope Lumley and her three raised-by-wolves pupils decamp to London. Once there, they hear an alarming prophecy about the children. There is an adventure on a velocipede, a crushing series of disappointments involving the London General Post Office, a poem by Mr. Robert Burns, and a dessert so indescribably delicious that it literally cannot be described. And everywhere they go, clues about the children’s—and Penelope’s—mysterious past crop up in the most unexpected ways…
Other titles in print:
The Mysterious Howling (Book 1 of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place)
The Poison Diaries
Why I Let My Hair Grow Out
Age Level of Materials published: Pre-teen
Honors:
Listed among the Best Children’s Books of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Public Library, and the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews, ALA Booklist, School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly. A Spring 2011 Kid’s Indie Next List pick, and a Junior Library Guild Selection.