Sharlee Mullins Glenn

Sharlee Mullins Glenn has published articles, poetry, criticism, and short stories in periodicals as varied as The Southern Literary Journal, Women’s Studies, Ladybug, and the New York Times. She is also an award-winning author of children’s books, including Just What Mama Needs (Harcourt, 2008), Keeping up with Roo (Putnam, 2004), and, most recently, Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s First Bookmobile (Abrams, 2018), winner of the 2020 Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Honor Award. In 2017, Sharlee founded the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization Mormon Women for Ethical Government and served as its executive director for two years. She currently sits on the external advisory board of BYU’s Office of Civic Engagement and volunteers for Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS). Sharlee and her husband have five above-average children and six (soon to be seven) perfect grandchildren.