Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel creates fiction and nonfiction for children, middle-grade readers, and teenagers. The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt follows a student entering boarding school who experiments with invented personalities until maintaining them becomes more confusing than being herself. Puffin published the novel, which uses comedy and school mystery to examine friendship, self-presentation, and belonging. Kimmel's broad body of work includes the Suddenly Supernatural series, the Lily B. books, picture books such as My Penguin Osbert, and biographies for younger readers. Her nonfiction subjects have included the Dalai Lama, polar exploration, and historical figures, while her fiction often draws on ghosts, travel, or unfamiliar communities. Her bibliography additionally includes novelizations connected to animated films, including ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt fits her recurring interest in young people testing identities within sharply observed settings, balancing an accessible comic premise with the unease of not knowing which version of oneself others actually value.