Jake Burt

Jake Burt is the author of the middle-grade novels Greetings from Witness Protection! , an Indie Next selection, The Right Hook of Devin Velma , a Junior Library Guild selection, and The Tornado , which School Library Journal called "one of the best stories about bullying for middle grades," in a starred review. His novel Cleo Porter and the Body Electric was praised as a "thrilling sci-fi adventure" by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz. Jake Burt teaches fifth grade, and lives...See more

Jake Burt is the author of the middle-grade novels Greetings from Witness Protection! , an Indie Next selection, The Right Hook of Devin Velma , a Junior Library Guild selection, and The Tornado , which School Library Journal called "one of the best stories about bullying for middle grades," in a starred review. His novel Cleo Porter and the Body Electric was praised as a "thrilling sci-fi adventure" by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz. Jake Burt teaches fifth grade, and lives in Hamden, CT, with his wife and their daughter. See less