Tracy Badua

Tracy Badua is an award-winning Filipino American author of books about young people with sunny hearts in a sometimes stormy world. By day, she is an attorney who works in national policy, and by night, she squeezes in writing, family time, and bites of her secret candy stash.

Her work has garnered such accolades as the 2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Sid Fleischman Humor Award, the 2024 Children's Literature Council of Southern California Award, multiple selections as Junior Library Guild Gold Standards, and inclusion on state book lists across the United States.