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About this author

Meg Medina has written for adults and children for over fifteen years. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines. Milagros: Girl from Away (Christy Ottaviano Books: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers) was her first novel for young readers. Meg is also the author of the picture book Tia Isa Wants a Car (Candlewick Press), which earned her the 2012 Ezra Jack Keats New Writers Award, and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind (Candlewick Press).

Her forthcoming Young Adult novel, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, is due in 2013, also from Candlewick Press.

Meg lives in Richmond, Virginia with her family.


In Flushing riding a bike that my father gave me

Me, in Flushing


You never forget your childhood best friends. There’s something sacred about that special someone who shared sleepovers and ran races in the school yard just to see who was fastest. Or, as in my case, acted out Greek myths and enjoyed the mysteries of the Jew’s harp.


imagesThis Saturday, I have the extreme pleasure of reuniting with my grade school best friend, RJ Palacio, whose lovely...

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Average rating: 3.71 · 491 ratings · 173 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
The Girl Who Could Silence ...
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions
Tia Isa Wants a Car
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick...
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
Milagros: Girl from Away
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Yaqui Delgato Wants to Kick...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Tia ISA Quiere Un Carro
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
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Upcoming Events

Girls of Summer Live Launch event
June 18, 2013 07:00PM
Richmond Public Library, main branch, 101 Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, US

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Join Gigi Amateau and me as we unveil our top 18 summer reading picks for strong...more

LUCY Conference: Sharing Culture Through Literature
Author appearance, June 22, 2013 09:00AM
Old Dominion , 1070 University Blvd., Portsmouth, VA, US

Author presentation. (Librarianship Upgrades for Children and Youth Services). M...more

Heavy Medal
Author appearance, June 26, 2013 09:00AM
Children's Literature Conference at Shenandoah University, 1460 University Drive , Winchester, VA, US

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Enjoyed the dark humor and the peeling back of Sunny and Maxon's personalities as the novel unfolded. A lovely look, too, at life with autism and a clever use of math and logic as it relates to the completely illogical way that we live and love. Real...more
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“You never forget the books you loved as a kid. You never forget the poems you memorized, the first book you read until the cover fell off, the book you read hidden from your mother. What an honor to hold hands with a child's imagination in this way.”
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“Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.”
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“Sometimes it's hard to wait for good things to happen. - Tia Isa”
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