Background
Brockenbrough was born in Seattle, Washington, and graduated in 1992 from Stanford University, where she studied Classics and English.
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Career
Her first book, "lieutenant Could Happen To You: Diary Of A Pregnancy and Beyond", was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2002. She was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Stanford Daily. Brockenbrough was editor of Master of Science in Nursing.com and was an educational humor columnist for Encarta.com before its demise in 2009.
She founded National Grammar Day in 2008.
Achievements
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Brockenbrough"s young adult novel "The Game of Love and Death," published 2015, was a finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize. The book was selected as one of the Top 10 Romances for Youth by the American Library Association"s publication, Booklist. lieutenant is also a nominee for YALSA"s Best Books Foreign Young Adults in 2016. lieutenant was listed as one of Publishers Weekly"s Best Books of 2015. Prior to "The Game of Love and Death," Brockenbrough wrote "Devine Intervention," a Kirkus Reviews Top 100 Books for Teens selection in 2012, and was selected by the Kansas State Reading Circle. lieutenant also won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association book award for 2016.
