Introduction
Elise Broach (born September 20, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American writer. Her publications include the acclaimed novels Shakespeare's Secret, Desert Crossing and Masterpiece. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Yale University and lives in Easton, Connecticut.
Book awards
Broach's book When Dinosaurs Came with Everything was a 2008 ALA Notable Children's Book, earned an Illinois Monarch Award nomination and an E.B. White Read Aloud Award, and was listed as the #1 Children's Books of 2007 by TIME.
Shakespeare's Secret was 2006 Edgar Award Juvenile Mystery finalist.
Masterpiece, illustrated by Kelly Murphy, was a 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Children’s Fiction, a 2009 ALA Notable Children's Book and is the winner of the 2009 E.B. White Read Aloud Award and a New York Times Best Seller.