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Marilyn Reynolds is from Temple City, California. She is a writing workshop instructor and reading specialist. She is an author of young adult fiction in the award-winning True-to-Life Series from Hamilton High <>. She wrote ten books for the series. She covers sensitive topics ranging from child molestation to rape incidents. Reynolds has written a book for teachers, I Won’t Read and You Can’t Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Reader. Reynolds creates and helps workshops for educators. Reynolds is a certified workshop leader with Amherst Writer []. She currently works with 916 Ink <>. Her new book is a collection of essays called Over 70 and I Don't Mean MPH: Reflections on the Gift of Longevity. Dysart Unified School District in Arizona banned and removed the book Detour for Emmy in 2000 Dysart for its portrayal of teenage pregnancy <>.

List of True- to- Life Series From Hamilton High School

1.	Detour for Emmy

2.	Too Soon for Jeff

3.	Beyond Dreams

4.	Telling

5.	But What About Me

6.	Baby Help

7.	If You Loved Me

8.	Love Rules

9.	No More Sad Goodbyes

10.	Shut Up!

Early Life

She was a former teacher at an alternative high school in Southern California College

College

She attended California State University-Los Angeles and received a Bachelor’s of Arts in English and her General Secondary Teaching Credential for English. Then she went to Pepperdine University and received her Masters of Science in Reading Teaching Education [].

Awards

She won the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults in 1994 and 1995 <>. Then in 1996 she won the South Carolina Young Adult Book <>. A nominee for Outstanding Writhing in a Children’s Special from her novel Too Soon for Jeff in 1997 []. She won the American Library Association Best Books for Reluctant Readers in 1996 []. She was a Finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2001 <>.