Margaret Medina

Meg Medina is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the 2019 John Newbery Award for her middle grade novel, Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She writes picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction. Her other novels include Burn Baby Burn, longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize; Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, winner of the Pura Belpré award, a CYBILS Award and the International Latino Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, a Bank Street Best Book.  Her picture books include Evelyn Del Rey in Moving Away, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 2021 Selection, winner of the Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature, and winner of the 2021–22 Charlotte Zolotow Prize; Mango, Abuela, and Me, recipient of a 2016 Pura Belpré Honor Medal; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer’s Medal. Meg’s books have been chosen for numerous “Best” lists, and she has advocated extensively on writing inclusive texts for children. Her interests include community projects that support girls, Latino youth, and/or literacy. She lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia. 

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