Marcella Pixley

Marcella Pixley is the acclaimed author of four novels for young people. FREAK, FSG 2007 was named a Kirkus Review Best Book of the Year, WITHOUT TESS was a Junior Library Guild Selection, and READY TO FALL was a Jewish Advocate Best Book of 2017. Her new book TROWBRIDGE ROAD Candlewick 2020 is a Junior Library Guild Selection. Trowbridge Road was long listed for the National Book Award, it was an Amazon Best Book, a Reading Groups Choices Best Book, a Mighty Girls Best Book and a Bank Street Best Book of 2020. TROWBRIDGE ROAD was a finalist for the Julia Ward Howe Prize, the Golden Dome Book Award and the Massachusetts Book Award. Marcella is a middle school English teacher who loves leading writing workshops for aspiring writers of all ages.