Ann Clare Lezotte

Ann Clare LeZotte is a Deaf American author and former youth librarian known for her middle-grade historical fiction novels exploring Deaf experiences, including the Schneider Family Book Award-winning Show Me a Sign (2020), its companions Set Me Free (2021) and Sail Me Away Home, and her debut T4 (2008), an ILA Notable Book. Born around 1970 on Long Island, New York, she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1991 and has lived in Florida, advocating for Deaf and marginalized youth through her writing and library work.Publishers Weekly, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, MacDowell, ALA