About author Tracy Nelson Maurer

Tracy Nelson Maurer is the award-winning author of over 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her work includes Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!; Samuel Morse, That’s Who!; John Deere, That’s Who!; Noah Webster’s Fighting Words; and her first picture book, Storm Codes.

Maurer earned her MFAC from Hamline University and lives near Minneapolis, MN. In addition to being a professional writer and editor, she also does a good deal of teaching and mentoring. Outside of her professional pursuits, Maurer and her husband are passionate travelers.

Publications and awards

Storm Codes, by Tracy Nelson Maurer, alumna of the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program at Hamline University

Storm Codes

illustrated by Christina Rodriguez, Windward Publishing Company, 2007

  • 2007 National Mom’s Choice Award for Historical Fiction
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John Deere, That's Who!, a picture book by Hamline alumni Tracy Nelson Mauer

John Deere, That’s Who!

illustrated by Tim Zeltner, Henry Holt and Company Books For Young Readers, 2017

  • 2018 Best STEM Books List, National Science Teachers Association
  • 2018 Best STEM Books List, National Science Teachers Association
  • Best of 2017 American History Book List
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Lady Bird Johnson, That's Who! A picture book by Hamline MFAC (MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults) alumni Tracy Nelson Maurer

Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!

illustrated by Ginnie Hsu, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Holt Books for Young Readers, 2021

  • Mrs. Laura Bush's 2021 Summer Reading List for Elementary School Readers
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Samuel Morse, That's Who! A picture book by Hamline MFAC (MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults) alumni Tracy Nelson Maurer

Samuel Morse, That’s Who!

illustrated by el primo Ramón, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Holt Books for Young Readers, 2019

  • 2020 National Science Teaching Association Best STEM Book Award
  • 2020 A Junior Library Guild Selection
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Noah Webster's Fighting Words, a picture book by Tracy Nelson Maurer, graduate of Hamline's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program

Noah Webster’s Fighting Words

illustrated by Mircea Catusanu, Millbrook Press, 2017

  • 2018 ILA Teachers’ Choices
  • 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award, Wisconsin Library Association/Children's Book Award Committee
  • 2017 New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
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How to stay up to date with Tracy Nelson Maurer

If you would like to stay up to date with Tracy Nelson Maurer's work and events, visit her website: http://www.tracymaurerwriter.com/.

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