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Rita Williams-Garcia is the New York Times bestselling author of novels for young adults and middle grade readers.
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Her most recent novel, Gone Crazy in Alabama ends the saga of the Gaither Sisters, who appear in One Crazy Summer and PS Be Eleven. Her novels have been recipients of numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award, National Book Award Finalists, Newbery Honor Book, Junior Library Guild, and the Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction.
She served on faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children MFA Program and she resides in Queens, New York.
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I always asked for a pencil and paper in kindergarten while my classmates colored pictures.
Rita Williams-Garcia, a Queens, New York native, is the celebrated author of novels for young adult and middle-grade readers.By twelve, I was sending short stories to magazines only to be politely rejected. My family had just moved back to Jamaica, New York after a short stint in Georgia, and before that, California. My sister, brother and I weren’t allowed to play outside in Queens, New York, so I