Harnett, Lynn (1950 - 2012)

Genre: Young Adult

Journalist and author Lynn Harnett was born in Brooklyn and raised in East Meadow, NY. She graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a degree in Literature (1972). She worked as a freelance writer for the Newburyport Daily News and Hampton Union; as an editor and photojournalist for the Exeter Newsletter, as assistant editor for *Business Digest, as assistant editor and editor for New Hampshire Profiles, as editor and co-founder of Kidwriters' Monthly, and as Arts & Entertainment Editor for the Portland Press Herald. She published ten books for young readers with Scholastic, Inc. and also worked as a book reviewer, publishing reviews in print as well as on the Web. She split her time between Kittery, ME and Marathon, FL.