Author and Educator
Putnam Books for Young Readers
Nedda Lewers is an Egyptian American author and former teacher. She writes books that take children on fun adventures and feature characters trying to make sense of the big, complicated world and their place in it.
Even though it wasn’t easy growing up with one foot in America and the other in Egypt, Nedda cherishes how that experience has given her a rich and expansive perspective from which she draws to write her stories.
She has an MSEd from Bank Street and enjoyed a long career of learning from her students. After moving to L.A. in 2017, she decided to focus on writing.
Currently, she lives in Manhattan Beach, California, with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs. Daughters of the Lamp, her debut novel, is available now from Putnam Young Readers. It has been chosen as an Indies Next List Pick, Indies Introduce Top Title, JLG Gold Standard Selection, Amazon Editor’s Pick, and a Kobo Book of the Month.
Children of the Wind, the second installment in the Daughters of the Lamp series, will follow in June 2024. It is also a JLG Gold Standard Selection. Nedda is repped by Kelly Dyksterhouse at the Tobias Literary Agency.
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