Martha Brockenbrough (rhymes with broken toe) is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, including YA fiction and nonfiction, picture books, a middle grade mystery, and a chapter book series.

She founded National Grammar Day, wrote game questions for Cranium and Trivial Pursuit, and was co-chair of faculty at VCFA’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

The former editor of MSN.com, Martha has interviewed lots of celebrities, including the Jonas Brothers, Jason Bateman, Mike Myers, and Slash. Her work has been published in The New York Times. She also wrote an educational humor column for Encarta for nine years. 

She lives in Seattle with her family. Besides reading and writing, she likes dogs, cats, cooking, working out, and laughing.

Photo by Emerald England

Awards

Martha won a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Award and a Washington State Book Award for her novel THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH. She was also a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. 

The book made several lists: A B&N Teen Best YA | A Booklist Editors' Choice | A Kirkus Best Teen Book | A Publishers Weekly Best Book | An Amazon Best of the Year | A YALSA Teens Top Ten Title | A Finalist for the Audie Awards

Her middle grade novel TO CATCH A THIEF won a Sid Fleischman Humor Award from the Society for Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. FRANK AND THE BAD SURPRISE won a Maryland Blue Crab Award. UNPRESIDENTED was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. DEVINE INTERVENTION, was one of Kirkus Reviews Top books for teens in 2012, and was a Kansas State Reading Circle selection.