Meg Medina is the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book MERCI SUÁREZ CHANGES GEARS, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist, and which was followed by two more acclaimed books about the Suárez family: MERCI SUÁREZ CAN’T DANCE and MERCI SUÁREZ PLAYS IT COOL. Her young adult novels include YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award, and which will be published in 2023 as a graphic novel illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas; BURN BABY BURN, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND. She is also the author of picture books EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez, Jumpstart’s 2020 Read for the Record selection; MANGO, ABUELA, AND ME, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book; and TÍA ISA WANTS A CAR, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award; and the biography for young readers SHE PERSISTED: SONIA SOTOMAYOR. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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Meg Medina es actualmente la Embajadora Nacional de Literatura Juvenil. Es la autora de MERCI SUÁREZ CHANGES GEARS, libro ganador de la Medalla John Newbery y finalista en 2018 para el Premio Kirkus, que fue seguido por dos aclamados libros sobre la familia Suárez: MERCI SUÁREZ CAN’T DANCE y MERCI SUÁREZ PLAYS IT COOL. Sus novelas para adolescentes incluyen YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS, libro ganador en 2014 del Premio de Autor Pura Belpré, el cual será publicado en 2023 como novela gráfica, ilustrado por Mel Valentine Vargas; BURN BABY BURN, preseleccionada para el Premio Nacional del Libro; y THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND. También es autora de los libros infantiles EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY, ilustratado por Sonia Sánchez, seleccionado para el Jumpstart Read for the Record en 2020; MANGO, ABUELA, AND ME, ilustrado por Angela Dominguez, ganador del Premio de Autor Pura Belpré; y TÍA ISA WANTS A CAR, ilustrado por Claudio Muñoz, libro ganador del Premio Ezra Jack Keats para Nuevos Escritores; y de la biografía para lectores juveniles SHE PERSISTED: SONIA SOTOMAYOR. Meg Medina es hija de inmigrantes cubanos, creció Queens, Nueva York, y hoy vive en Richmond, Virginia.