Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, Echo, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people and is the author recipient of the NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, and The Dreamer.