Jane Leslie Conly

Jane Leslie Conly
Born1948 (age 75–76)
OccupationFiction writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationWoodrow Wilson High School
Alma materSmith College, 1971
GenreChildren's literature, science fiction
Notable worksRacso and the Rats of NIMH
R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH
Crazy Lady!
Notable awardsNewbery Honor, 1994
SpousePeter
ChildrenEliza and Will
ParentsRobert C. O'Brien and Sally (née McCaslin)

Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948) is an American author, the daughter of author Robert C. O'Brien. She started her literary work by finishing the manuscript for her father's Z for Zachariah in 1974 after his death.[1]

Her first own book, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, was published in 1986, and is a sequel to her father's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

  1. ^ Anita Silvey. The essential guide to children's books and their creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. ISBN 0-618-19082-1. p. 98