Pat Mora is a literacy advocate and prolific author of poetry, nonfiction, and children's books. Her picture book,
This Big Sky (Scholastic), was named a Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Book;
Tomás and the Library Lady (Knopf) was included in
Teachers' Choices, a project of the International Reading Association; and
My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults (Arte Público Press), was selected for the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List. Pat Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Visit Pat Mora's website: www.patmora.com
read an interview with Pat Mora