Marilyn Singer

Marilyn Singer is an award-winning American author of poetry, picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for children and young adults. Born in the Bronx and raised largely in Massapequa, Long Island, she earned a B.A. in English from Queens College, City University of New York, and an M.A. in communications from New York University. Before becoming a full-time writer, she taught English in New York City high schools.

Singer has written more than 100 books, including Nine O’Clock Lullaby, Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse, Follow Follow, Echo Echo, A Strange Place to Call Home, and the Tallulah’s Tutu series. She received the 2015 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children; Mirror Mirror was an ALA Notable Book and won the Cybils Award for Poetry.