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Lisa M. Bolt Simons is the author of 70 nonfiction and fiction children's books, five middle grade novels, and an adult history title. She’s received accolades for both her nonfiction and fiction. She's currently the Regional Advisor of the SCBWI Minnesota. Originally from Colorado, she lives in a Minnesota town of 155. She's mom to adult twins and is a wife to a book-loving, outdoorsy guy.

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Lisa M. Bolt Simons is the author of 70 nonfiction and fiction children’s books, as well as five middle grade “choose your path” novels and an adult history book. She’s twice received an Honorable Mention for the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers in Children’s Literature (Young Adult). She's also received three Minnesota State Arts Board grants, a MNSCBWI Writing Mentorship, a Shabo Award for Children's Picture Book Writers, and an artist grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council. She's currently the Regional Advisor of the SCBWI Minnesota. Lisa is a proud and slightly jealous mom to her math- and science-minded twin daughter and son, Jeri and Anthony. Originally from Colorado, Lisa lives in a Minnesota town of 155 with two dogs and her husband, who also loves to read. 

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I was featured in THE GLOBE, the local paper in Worthington, MN, before I went to town to facilitate my grief writing workshop called Shadows and Sunshine in May 2024. 

I hope this opens for you:

https://www.dglobe.com/news/local/nobles-county-library-to-host-grief-writing-workshop?clearUserState=true

Thanks to the shoutout by my friend, Mo Barrett, who went to the US Air Force Academy

like my dad, I was featured in SHOUTOUT COLORADO. My home state is CO, so this was darn cool. Mo and I met at the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) Homecoming in Sweetwater, TX, in 2022 when she was the banquet MC. But we really connected in 2023.