Lynne Rae Perkins

|nationality=American |genre=Children's literature |notable_works=''All Alone in the Universe'' (2000)
''Criss Cross'' (2005) |awards=Newbery Medal (2006) |website= }} Lynne Rae Perkins is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

Her novel ''Criss Cross'', winner of the 2006 Newbery Medal, is a book of vignettes, illustrations, photographs, and poems about a group of four small-town teenagers.

Perkins' picture book ''Home Lovely'' was a runner-up for the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Her novel ''All Alone in the Universe'' was named an ALA Notable Book, a ''Booklist'' Editor's Choice, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, and a ''Smithsonian Magazine'' Notable Book for Children. Provided by Wikipedia