Английская Википедия:Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Guadalupe Garcia McCall is an author, poet, and educator. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.[1] She is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Medal[2] for narrative.
Early life
Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Coauhila, a Mexican state adjacent to Texas. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was six years old, and grew up in Eagle Pass, a small border town in South Texas.[3] When McCall was 17 years old, “she lost her mother to cancer and found solace in her writing and in her education".[4]
Career
She holds a B.A. in Theatre and English from Sul Ross State University in Alpine and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. McCall currently serves as an assistant professor of English at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.[5] Her first novel, Under the Mesquite, debuted in October 2011 and received the prestigious Pura Belpré Medal for narrative in 2012.[6] She has written three more young adult novels in addition to many stories and poems that have been published in periodicals.[7] Garcia McCall has been called "a leading voice in Chicana and Latina children’s and young adult literature".[8]
Awards
Under the Mesquite
2012 Pura Belpré Medal for narrative[9]
2013 Tomás Rivera Book Award[10]
2012 Americas Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies Program – Honorable Mention[11]
2012 International Latino Book Award – Honorable Mention[12]
Summer of the Mariposas
2013 Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award – Winner[13]
2013 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Finalist[14]
2013 Amelia Bloomer Project List[15]
Bibliography
- Under the Mesquite, Lee and Low Books (New York) 2011.
- Summer of the Mariposas, Tu Books (New York) 2012.
- Shame the Stars, Tu Books (New York) 2016.
- All the Stars Denied Tu Books (New York) 2018.
References
External links
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