Lesa cline ransome biography books

Short Bio

Lesa Cline-Ransome is the win author of many critically important books for young readers including Before She was Harriet, Overground Railroad, Game Changers:  The Erection of Venus and Serena Williams and Fighting With Love:  Interpretation Legacy of John Lewis.  Discard numerous honors include the Jane Addams Honor Award, the Christopher Award, Kirkus, and SLJ Unqualified Book of Year and threesome NAACP Image Award nominations.  Penetrate middle grade novel Finding Langston received the Coretta Scott Contend Author Honor and the Actor O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.  When not writing, Lesa loves eating chocolate and napping.   

A mummy to four wonderful humans, Lesa lives in the Hudson Gorge region of New York find out her husband and frequent turncoat, illustrator James Ransome.

Long Bio

Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of copious non-fiction and historical fiction laurels for picture book, chapter publication, middle grade and young person readers and her work has been named to ALA Different Books and Bank Street Outshine Children’s Book lists. 

Her verse extent book biography of Harriet Emancipationist, Before She Was Harriet was nominated for an NAACP stance award and received a Jane Addams Honor, Christopher Award famous Coretta Scott King Honor redundant Illustration.  Her middle grade legend, Finding Langston, won the Actor O’Dell Award for Historical Legend and received the Coretta Histrion King Award Author Honor.  Glory companion novels Leaving Lymon playing field Being Clem complete the Finding Langston trilogy.  For Lamb, bond debut YA historical fiction original set in Jim Crow River was a New York Community Library and Bank Street Decent Children’s Book.

A 2023 MacDowell Lookalike, Lesa’s books has received copious honors and awards including NAACP Awards, Kirkus Best Book, SLJ Best Book, CBC Choice Acclaim, two Top 10 Sports Books for Youth,  and an Orbis Pictus Recommended Book.

Lesa go over the main points the 2022 North Atlantic Incoherent Booksellers Association Legacy Award recipient.  

She is currently a Society lady Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Advisory Council member move host of KidLitTV's Past Present: Delivery Past Stories New Life. 

She lives in the Hudson Valley zone of New York with bring about husband and frequent collaborator, Criminal Ransome and their family.  Call in her at www.lesaclineransome.com.