Lynda Madaras is an educator and author. She has written a number of books on puberty

Puberty

Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction, as initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads; the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy...

 including two (What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, and What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons) that are on the American Library Association

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

's list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990-2000. Her books have won numerous awards, including the American Library Association

American Library Association

The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....

's Best Book for Young Adults award. She has one daughter, Area, and two granddaughters. Her other titles include My Body, My Self for Girls, My Body, My Self for Boys, Ready, Set, Grow!, On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!, Womancare, Child's Play, and The Alphabet Connection.