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Virginia Euwer Wolff
American children's book author
Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937) is an American author of children's literature.[1][2] Her award-winning series Make Lemonade features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There are three books. The second, True Believer, won the 2001 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.[3] The second and third, This Full House (2009), garnered Kirkus Reviews starred reviews.[lower-alpha 1] She was the recipient of the 2011 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, honoring her entire body of work.[4]