Join us Friday, November 13 at 5:00PM for a Children’s Book Week celebration with young adult authors Yamile Saied Méndez, Kim Johnson, and Karen M. McManus.
Register for the event here.
Purchase your copy of Furia here.
Purchase your copy of This is My America here.
Purchase your copy of One Of Us Lying here.
ABOUT YAMILE SAIED MÉNDEZ
Yamile (pronounced sha-MEE-lay) Saied Méndez taught herself English with a bilingual dictionary. She’s now a Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA graduate, a 2015 New Visions Award Honor Winner, and one the 2015 Walter Dean Myers Inaugural Grant recipients. She’s the author of the acclaimed picture book WHERE ARE YOU FROM?/¿DE DÓNDE ERES? and the forthcoming WHAT WILL YOU BE?/¿QUÉ SERÁS? (HarperCollins), and several middle grade novels including BLIZZARD BESTIES, RANDOM ACTOS OF KITTENS, WISH UPON A STRAY (Scholastic), ON THESE MAGIC SHORES (Tu Books), and SHAKING UP THE HOUSE (HarperCollins). She’s also a contributor in several short story anthologies.
Her debut Young Adult novel, FURIA, an instant Indies Bestseller, received two starred reviews, and is a Junior Library Gold Guild Standard Selection as well as a Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Selection.
Born and raised in Rosario, Argentina at the peak of the military dictatorship, she now lives in Alpine, Utah with her family. Find her on twitter: @YamileSMendez and online: yamilesmendez.com.
ABOUT KIM JOHNSON
KKim Johnson has held leadership positions in social justice organizations as a teen. She’s now a college administrator who maintains civic engagement throughout the community while also mentoring Black student activists and leaders. THIS IS MY AMERICA is her debut novel. It explores racial injustice against innocent Black men who are criminally sentenced, and the families left behind to pick up the pieces. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Maryland, College Park. Kim lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids. Find her at kcjohnsonwrites.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @kcjohnsonwrites.
ABOUT KAREN M, MCMANUS
Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ONE OF US IS LYING, TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET, ONE OF US IS NEXT, and THE COUSINS. Her work has been published in more than 40 languages. To learn more about Karen and her books, visit karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.