June Rae Wood is an American author. One of her books, The Man Who Loved Clowns, won the Mark Twain Award and William Allen White Award in 1995.

June Rae Wood grew up in Versailles, Missouri, with seven siblings. Her brother, Richard, who had Down syndrome, was her inspiration for The Man Who Loved Clowns. June's other brothers and sisters had to protect Richard from other people who would be mean to him. Many people would laugh and stare, but Richard thought this was a compliment.

• "Turtle On A Fence Post. (Fiction Reprints). (book)(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)". Publishers Weekly. 3 Dec 2001. Retrieved 2008-08-25.*
• June Rae Wood 1: http://mowrites4kids.drury.edu/authors/wood/
• Penguin biography Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

• June Rae Wood at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records

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