Meg Medina
Meg Medina is an American children’s book author and the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She is also a John D. Newbery Medalist. Her picture books include Evelyn del Rey is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez, which won the Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature and the Charlotte Zolotow Award, and No More Señora Mimi, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese. Her picture books have also been awarded the Pura Belpré honor and the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. When she’s not writing books, Meg works on community projects to uplift girls and Latino youth, and lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia. Find her online at megmedina.com or on Instagram as @megmedinabooks.