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Alida Clemans

Alida Clemans is working on a fourth novel for children. When she's not writing books about growing up or reading for fun, she writes grants and raises funds for a non-profit organization that supports people with dementia and other disabilities who have no family or friends to care for them. Prior to this recent career shift, Alida worked for many years in communications and development for New York independent schools. Much earlier, she was a newspaper reporter and a magazine editor. Alida received an M.F.A. in fiction from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, where she completed her third middle-grade novel. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and a scruffy, one-eyed dog. Her daughter and son are on their own now but visit often for home-cooked dinners.