Laura Amy Schlitz (born 28 May 1955) is an American author of children’s literature. She is a librarian and storyteller at the Park School of Baltimore in Brooklandville, Maryland.
Books in order of publication:
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama (2006), Cybils Award winner
The Hero Schliemann: the dreamer who dug for Troy (2006), (illustrated by Robert Byrd)
The Bearskinner: a tale of the Brothers Grimm (2007), retold by Schlitz, (illustrated by Max Grafe)
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2007), Newbery Medal Winner (illustrated by Robert Byrd)
The Night Fairy (2010), (illustrated by Angela Barrett)
Splendors and Glooms (2012), Newberry Honor winner
The Hired Girl (2015), Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Sydney Taylor Book Award, and National Jewish Book Award winner
Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017), (illustrated by Brian Floca)
Amber and Clay (2021), (illustrated by Julia Iredale)
The Winter of the Dollhouse (2025)
Oak Lawn Library Friends 