Meg Medina Biography

Meg Medina's most recent young adult novel Burn Baby Burn has earned numerous distinctions including being long listed for the 2016 National Book Award and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize. She is the 2016 recipient of the Pura Belpre honor medal for her picture book Mango Abuela and Me and the 2014 Pura Belpre Award winner for her young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass which was also the winner of the 2013 CYBILS Fiction award. Meg also earned the 2012 Ezra Jack Keats New Writers medal for her picture book Tía Isa Wants a Car. Meg's other books are The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind a 2012 Bank Street Best Book and CBI Recommended Read in the UK; and Milagros: Girl from Away. Meg's work examines how cultures intersect as seen through the eyes of young people. She brings to audiences stories that speak to both what is unique in Latino culture and to the qualities that are universal. Her favorite protagonists are strong girls.

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