LIGHT AND AIR by Mindy Nichols Wendell (Holiday House, 2024)
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2024
CALIFORNIA OR DUST by Mindy Nichols Wendell (Holiday House, 2026)
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AUTHOR BIO
Mindy Nichols Wendell is the author of LIGHT AND AIR (Holiday House, 2024), a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2024); and CALIFORNIA OR DUST (Holiday House, 2026), also a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Before beginning her writing career, Mindy taught writing and pedagogy at SUNY Fredonia for more than thirty years, where she served as the Coordinator of the English Concentration and the Director of the Composition Program. In 2019, she received the prestigious State University of New York’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Mindy lives in Western New York with her husband Steve, a retired teacher.
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES
Instagram: @MNWendell
Facebook: @MindyNicholsWendell
Bluesky: @mnwendell.bsky.social
AUTHOR WEBSITE
MindyNicholsWendell.com