Crazy Lady! （Newbery Hornor）疯狂的女士（纽伯瑞银奖）

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Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights against the move. 1994 Newbery Honor Book

Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA)

1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)

1994 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL)

1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)

Young Adult Choices for 1995 (IRA)

康利1948年出生于美国弗吉尼亚州,父母都是作家。康利从小耳濡目梁,从小学一年级便开始写作,并且从双亲那里吸取了不少宝贵的创作经验,为日后成为作家打下了良好基础。除此之外,康利的童年就像当时所有农庄的孩子一样平凡,她和兄弟姐妹们必须做许多家务——照顾动物、整理菜园等等,不过等他们把家务做完,就可以自由地钓鱼、玩耍,父母很少约束他们。

康利的父母也曾经是纽伯瑞儿童文学奖的金奖作家,康利的写作之路与他息息样关。她出版的第一本书便是续写父亲未完成的遗作。《谁知我心》是康利出版的第三本书,也是其独立完成的首部力作,出版次年即荣获纽伯瑞儿童文学银奖。

目前,康利全家居住在巴尔的摩,仍然笔耕不辍。