Emily Cheney Neville

Emily Neville was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College. Before she wrote her Newbery Medal-winning first novel, It's Like This, Cat , she worked as a newspaper reporter in New York City . Her other books for children include Berries Goodman , an ALA Notable Book; The Bridge , a picture book illustrated by Ronald Himler; and The China Year .

Emily Neville was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College. Before she wrote her Newbery Medal-winning first novel, It's Like This, Cat , she worked as a newspaper reporter in New York City . Her other books for children include Berries Goodman , an ALA Notable Book; The Bridge , a picture book illustrated by Ronald Himler; and The China Year . See less