Meg Medina
Meg Medina is the Library of Congress's 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She is the author of the Pura Belpr� Author Award-winning young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass and the decorated young adult novel Burn Baby Burn , as well as the Newbery Medal winner Merci Su�rez Changes Gears , which was also a Kirkus Prize finalist, and its sequels, Merci Su�rez Can't Dance and Merci Su�rez Plays It Cool , in addition to several other award-winning...See more
Meg Medina is the Library of Congress's 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She is the author of the Pura Belpr� Author Award-winning young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass and the decorated young adult novel Burn Baby Burn , as well as the Newbery Medal winner Merci Su�rez Changes Gears , which was also a Kirkus Prize finalist, and its sequels, Merci Su�rez Can't Dance and Merci Su�rez Plays It Cool , in addition to several other award-winning picture books. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia. See less