About A.C. LeMieux
About The Author
"For me, stories are parallel universes. If the world a writer creates is vital enough, and populated by characters who ring with authenticity, whether it is a fantasy world of mice or realistic fiction, I'm living in it while I read. And with certain books, even after I close the cover, part of me keeps living on in that other world—or it keeps living in me." (A. C. LeMieux)
A. C. (Anne) LeMieux is a lifelong reader, researcher, musician, and writer. A former journalist and a graduate of Simmons College, where she studied writing and illustration, she is the award-winning author of eleven books for young readers, including fiction for young adults, middle-grade, and early-reader fiction. Her first YA novel, The TV Guidance Counselor, was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and her second YA, Do Angels Sing The Blues? received a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award. Her poetry has been included in anthologies edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Michael J. Rosen.
In 2000, LeMieux's thirteen-year-old son, Brendan, was diagnosed with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic condition. The family's journey of discovery, advocacy, music, and daily life with Williams syndrome deeply informed See The Music Hear The Light, the story of a young musician finding his voice, his people, and his place in the world.
LeMieux lives near New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband, Tim Pocock, and Brendan, and near Brendan's older sister, Sarah, a musician, composer, teacher, and mother of three, who says of her brother that she "grew her own drummer." LeMieux is currently at work on a research-based collection of personal essays about her family's path to a Williams syndrome diagnosis, as well as a companion novel to See The Music Hear The Light.