Sydney Dunlap

Sydney Dunlap is a former elementary school teacher who has worked extensively with youth facing challenging circumstances, and she enjoys reading and writing heartfelt, hopeful books that explore tough topics not often addressed in middle grade literature. She is the author of the award-winning novels It Happened on Saturday and Racing the Clouds, as well as the forthcoming Both Sides of Greystone Drive. Her work has been featured on lists of novels promoting mental health by Kirkus Reviews and Highlights Foundation and included on multiple state reading lists and in all-school/all-community read programs. She has received a Crystal Kite, School Library Journal starred review, the Texas Institute of Letters Dierdre Siobhan FlynnBass Honor for Best Middle Grade Book, and several medals. Discussion guides and other resources for her books are available for download from her website.