Natalie Lloyd
Natalie Lloyd is an American children's author.
Lloyd lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with her husband and dogs. She was born in Tennessee with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she only grew to 4 foot 8 inches tall and used either a walker or a wheelchair until seventh grade. She did a degree in journalism in college.
Awards and honours
Seven of Lloyd's books are Junior Library Guild selections: A Snicker of Magic, A Snicker of Magic audiobook, The Key to Extraordinary, The Key to Extraordinary audiobook, The Problim Children, The Problim Children audiobook, and Hummingbird.A Snicker of Magic which was a New York Times bestseller. The Los Angeles Public Library and NPR named A Snicker of Magic one of the best children's books of 2014. The following year, Bank Street College of Education included it on their list of the best books for children ages 9-12, marking it as a book of "Outstanding Merit." The Association for Library Service to Children named it a 2015 Notable Books selection.
Bank Street College of Education also included The Key to Extraordinary on their list of the best books of the year for children ages 9-12 in 2017.
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | ' | E. B. White Read Aloud Award | Honor | |
| 2015 | ' | Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature | Winner | |
| 2015 | ' | NCTE Charlotte Huck Award | Recommended | |
| 2015 | ' | Odyssey Award | Honor | |
| 2023 | Hummingbird | Schneider Family Book Award Best Middle Grade Book | Honor |
Series
The Problim Children Carnival Catastrophe- ''Island in the Stars''