Cecilia Galante
Cecilia Galante is the author of books for children, teens, and adults, including The World from Up Here and Stealing Our Way Home . Her first novel, The Patron Saint of Butterflies , won a NAIBA Book of the Year Award and was an Oprah's Book Club Teen Reading Selection, a Book Sense Pick, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. In addition to teaching eighth grade English, Cecilia also teaches fiction writing at Wilkes University's graduate creative writing program. She lives in...See more
Cecilia Galante is the author of books for children, teens, and adults, including The World from Up Here and Stealing Our Way Home . Her first novel, The Patron Saint of Butterflies , won a NAIBA Book of the Year Award and was an Oprah's Book Club Teen Reading Selection, a Book Sense Pick, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. In addition to teaching eighth grade English, Cecilia also teaches fiction writing at Wilkes University's graduate creative writing program. She lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania. See less