Ann Malaspina

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ann Malaspina began her writing career as a newspaper reporter in Boston. Her books for children have been recognized with the ALA's Amelia Bloomer List, Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Picture Book Award from the Asian Pacific American Library Association, International Reading Association, Horace Mann Upstanders Book Awards, lists of state reading associations, and Reading Rainbow. She has an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and lives with her family in New Jersey.