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Jasmine A. Stirling is the author of A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021), named a Best Book of the Year by A Mighty Girl and Book Riot, and winner of the IPNE Book Award. In 2024, a Mandarin-language edition was released in China.
Her second book, Dare to Question, Carrie Chapman Catt’s Voice for the Vote (Hachette/Union Square & Co, 2023, Booklist starred review), tells the story of the leader, and the letter, that transformed the American suffrage movement.
Her third book, about the daring French botanical explorer who disguised herself as a man and became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, comes out in 2027.
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"Effervescent text peppered with Austen’s own words tells the story of the beloved novelist, showing how greatness can unfold and how exciting creativity can be."
—Kirkus
IPNE Children’s Book Award Winner
A Mighty Girl Best Books of the Year
Local Indie Bestseller’s List
Book Riot's Best Books about Writers
Tinybeans Best Books of the Year
Imagination Soup Best Books of the Year
STARRED REVIEW, Booklist
“A captivating portait.”
—Kirkus
“A mind-blowing read that brings the woman’s suffrage movement to vibrant life, in kid-friendly terms. Deeply researched, the writing is lively and lyrical, and young readers will feel the impact of what it means to be denied voting rights.”
—Author Heather Kinser
”For readers in search of envelope-pushing role models, Catt is hard to top, as Stirling demonstrates in this admiring tribute.”
—Booklist
Bookstagang Best Book of the Year
