Laura Malone Elliott is the author of Under a War-Torn Sky , a NCSS/CBC Notable Book in Social Studies, a Jefferson Cup Honor Book, and winner of the Borders' Original Voices Award, and its sequel, A Troubled Peace , also a NCSS/CBC Notable; Annie, Between the States , an IRA Teacher's Choice and NYPL Book for the Teen Age; Give Me Liberty ; and Flying South , a Bank Street College Best Children's Book. She lives in Virginia with her family.