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Victoria Jamieson is the author of Roller Girl, she has also been mentioned in the Newbery Medals book award.

Early Life and Education: Victoria Jamieson grew up in Havertown, Pennsylvania, When she was twelve she moved to Florida. She wrote and illustrated her first book in the third grade, called SUPER COW! It was a smash hit with both her teacher and parents. When Victoria Jamieson was twelve years of age her family moved to Florida, where her parents tried to make her and her two brothers excited about the move by buying season passes Disney World. Victoria Jamieson attended the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon found herself drawn back towards illustration instead of animation.She attended University of Syndey where she attained a Masters in Museum Studies. After slew of ill-fated careers (including a portrait artist on a Carnival Cruise ship and a conductor of illegal tours through the Vatican Museums. After living in Rome, Montreal, and Australia, she moved back to the United States, where she began working as a designer she began working as a book designer with HarperCollins Children's Books in New York City. She now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and young son. Along with writing and illustrating, she teaches children's books and is an illustrator at Pacific Northwest College of Art. She also maintains a not-so-secret identity as Winnie the Pow, skater with the Rose City Rollers roller derby league.

http://www.victoriajamieson.com/biography/