Patricia MacLachlan

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Patricia MacLachlan is a bestselling children's author, best known for winning the 1986 Newbery Medal for her book Sarah, Plain and Tall. The book was later turned into a TV movie starring Glenn Close.

Her current projects include two books she's co-written with her daughter, Emily MacLachlan: Bittle and Painting the Wind. She lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, although she was born in Wyoming. Patricia attended the University of Connecticut and married Robert MacLachlan.