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| Meg, reading Tia Isa |
I first met Meg Medina in the mid-'90s, when she was
collaborating with dancer/choreographer Cherie Carson on a theatrical piece
based on the life of her Cuban grandmother. Meg was a journalist for the
now-defunct alt-weekly iCE in Palm
Beach County; she also wrote grants for the Center for Creative Education. But
for as long as I’ve known her, Meg has been passionately and creatively engaged
with the Latino experience, and the joys and difficulties of navigating a bicultural heritage. I was bowled over when I found out she’d turned to
writing fiction for children. And I was blown away by the beauty of her debut novel, Milagros: Girl From Away (Christy
Ottaviano Books: An Imprint of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers).
Meg followed Milagros
with a picture book, out this summer, Tia Isa Wants a Car (Candlewick Press, Spanish and paperback editions to
follow in 2012). Her young adult novel, THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND, is
forthcoming from Candlewick in March of 2012. Although she still has family in South Florida, she now lives in
Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and kids. She’s one of the smartest and most eloquent people I know.
I'm glad to launch Random Acts of Publicity with Meg, since September is also National Hispanic Heritage Month (see Meg's recipe for arroz con pollo, and her author's blog, here, and follow her on Twitter here. I've got a giveaway: a signed copy of Milagros
goes to a randomly selected commenter on this post. I’ll contact
the lucky winner at the end of the week about how to mail it to you.
Questions for Meg Medina
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