Mackenzi Lee

Mackenzi Lee
Born MacKenzie Van Engelenhoven
Nationality American
Alma mater Simmons College
Genre Historical fiction, non-fiction
Website
mackenzilee.com

Mackenzi Lee (born Mackenzie Van Engelenhoven)[1] is an American author of books for children and young adults. She writes both fiction and non-fiction about topics including sexuality and the role of women throughout history.[2] Her second novel The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue was a New York Times Best Seller and earned a Stonewall Book Award for its portrayal of a bisexual young man in 18th-century Europe.[3]

Lee's first book, 2015's This Monstrous Thing, was a retelling of the Frankenstein story and earned Lee the Pen-New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. In the promotional period for this book, she began posting on Twitter under the hashtag #BygoneBadassBroads, sharing biographies of notable women beginning with Mary Shelley. This project grew in popularity, and Lee published Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World in 2018.[2][4]

She has contracted with Marvel to write three historical fiction books featuring Marvel antiheroes, beginning with a story about Loki due in spring 2019.[5]

Lee has a Master of Fine Arts from Simmons College in writing for children and young adults. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.[3]

Bibliography

  • This Monstrous Thing (2015)
  • The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2017)
  • Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World (2018)
  • The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (2018)

References

  1. ↑ Jarrard, Sydney (2017-05-23). "A Q&A With Mackenzi Lee, Author of the #1 Summer Kids' Indie Next List Pick". American Booksellers Association. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  2. 1 2 Grochowski, Sara (2017-06-13). "Q & A with Mackenzi Lee". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  3. 1 2 "About". Mackenzi Lee. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  4. ↑ Jasper, Marykate (2018-03-08). "Bygone Badass Broads Author Mackenzi Lee Talks About Giving Women Back Their Personhood and Their Place in History". www.themarysue.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  5. ↑ Foley, Maddy (2017-12-07). "Your Favorite Marvel Villain Is Getting His Own YA Novel". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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