Helen Frost

Helen Marie Frost (born March 4, 1949) is an American writer and poet. She is best known for the young-adult novel Keesha's House, a Michael L. Printz Award honor book in 2004.

Frost was born in South Dakota, the fifth child in a family of ten children. She studied elementary education at Syracuse University.

Books Skin of a Fish, Bones of a Bird, Ampersand Press, 1993 Keesha's House, Frances Foster Books, 01/08/2003 Spinning Through the Universe, Frances Foster Books, 2004 The Braid, Frances Foster Books, 10/03/2006 Diamond Willow, Frances Foster Books, 04/1/2008 Monarch and Milkweed, Atheneum, 2008 Crossing Stones, Frances Foster Books, 09/29/2009 Hidden, Frances Foster Books, 2011 Step Gently Out, Candlewick, 2012 Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 12/01/2013 Room 214, Original hardcover title: Spinning Through the Universe, Square Fish Books, 2014 Applesauce Weather, Candlewick, 08/9/2016 Wake Up!, Candlewick, 04/4/2017 When My Sister Started Kissing, Margaret Ferguson Books/FSG/Macmillan, 2017 Sweep Up the Sun, Candlewick, 02/13/2018 Among a Thousand Fireflies, Candlewick, 04/9/2019 Hello, I'm Here, Candlewick, 04/20/2019 All He Knew, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 08/11/2020

Awards Mark Twain Award 2013 for Hidden https://thelibrary.org/teens/booklists/tpl_nominees_list.cfm?awardid=7&listid=742 Honor Book, Michael L. Printz Award for Keesha's Story (2004) 2022 Indiana Authors Award Middle Grade Winner