Pam Muñoz Ryan

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American writer (born 1951)

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Pam Muñoz Ryan (born December 25, 1951) is an American writer for children and young adults, particularly in the multicultural genre.

Biography

Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California. She is half Mexican with Basque, Italian, and Oklahoman cultural influences.

Muñoz Ryan has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, middle grade, and young adult novels. She has been the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature, and the Ludington Award for her body of work. She is also the 2018 U.S. nominee for the International Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her novel Esperanza Rising was commissioned as a play by the Minneapolis Children's Theatre and has been performed in venues around the US, including the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.

Born Pamela Jeanne Banducci in Bakersfield, California, on December 25, 1951, her last name was changed before she attended school to match the name of her parents, Hope Bell, and the man she considered her real father, Donald Bell. As Pamela Bell, she attended McKinley Elementary and Longfellow Elementary. As a child, she did not fit in with the other children. Rather than being outside with friends, Muñoz Ryan was riding her bike to the library. She also briefly took music lessons in both piano and violin, but after her violin broke, she stopped taking lessons. Muñoz Ryan attended Washington Jr. High, Bakersfield High School, and Bakersfield Community College. She then attended San Diego State University where she received a bachelor's degree. She married James Ryan in 1975. An early childhood teacher, she worked for the Escondido, California, school district for three years before they started their family. After her four children were born, she became the director of an early childhood program and went back to school to get her master's degree in Post-Secondary Education with the intention of teaching Children's Literature in college. When she finished her graduate program, she became interested in writing, and at the encouragement of her agent, Kendra Marcus, included her family name, Muñoz, to her signature, to reflect her Mexican heritage.

Selected bibliography

Awards

Esperanza Rising

  • 2002 Pura Belpré Award
  • 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
  • 2001 Southern California Judy Lopez Award
  • 2001 Arizona Young Adult Book Award

References

References

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  24. (8 June 2016). "Tomás Rivera Mexican American Book Award".
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  26. (2015-04-10). "Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award".
  27. [http://sps.k12.mo.us/pvms/orbis_pictus_award.htm Orbis Pictus Awards 1990-2010] {{webarchive. link. (2012-04-07)
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  30. "2000 Arkansas Simon Young Reader Honor".
  31. "Parenting Magazine's Reading Magic Award".
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