Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Nancy J. Cavanaugh lives in Florida with her husband and her daughter. THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO RATCHET, , (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2013) a novel for middle graders, is her first book, but she has been writing for almost 20 years. Kirkus said of the debut, it’s “A book that is full of surprises . . . Triumphant enough to make readers cheer; touching enough to make them cry.” Like her main character, Nancy is pretty handy with a ratchet and is able to take apart a small engine and put it back together. She learned her mechanic skills from her husband, a former industrial arts teacher. Together they developed and taught a Small Engines Camp for elementary and middle school students teaching them to disassemble and assemble small engines. Look for her second middle grade novel, ALWAYS, ABIGAIL,coming in October 2014.