Guadalupe Garcia McCall

McCall at the 2018 Texas Book Festival

Guadalupe Garcia McCall is an author, poet, and educator. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.[1] She is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Medal[2] for narrative.

Early life

Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Coauhila, a Mexican state adjacent to Texas. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was six years old, and grew up in Eagle Pass, a small border town in South Texas.[3] When McCall was 17 years old, she lost her mother to cancer, and has since "found solace in her writing and in her education".[4]

Career

She holds a B.A. in Theatre and English from Sul Ross State University in Alpine and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. McCall currently serves as an assistant professor of English at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.[5] Her first novel, Under the Mesquite, debuted in October 2011 and received the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for narrative in 2012.[6] She has written three more young adult novels in addition to many stories and poems that have been published in periodicals.[7] Garcia McCall has been called "a leading voice in Chicana and Latina children’s and young adult literature".[8]

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2012 Under the Mesquite Américas Award — Honorable Mention [9]
International Latino Book Award Adventure/Drama – English Honorable Mention [10]
Pura Belpré Award Author Won [11]
2013 Tomás Rivera Award — Won [12]
Summer of the Mariposas Amelia Bloomer Project List — Selected [13]
Nebula Award Andre Norton Award Shortlisted [14]
Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award Fiction Won [15]

Bibliography

Novels

  • —— (2011). Under the Mesquite. New York: Lee and Low Books.
  • —— (2012). Summer of the Mariposas. New York: Tu Books.
  • —— (2016). Shame the Stars. New York: Tu Books.
  • —— (2018). All the Stars Denied. New York: Tu Books.

References

  1. ^ "Guadalupe Garcia McCall". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ^ admin (1999-11-30). "The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. ^ "Guadalupe Garcia McCall | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Country Day". Charlotte Country Day. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  5. ^ "Biography | Guadalupe Garcia McCall". guadalupegarciamccall.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  6. ^ admin (1999-11-30). "The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  7. ^ "Guadalupe Garcia McCall". Something About the Author. 251. Gale: 133–134. 2013.
  8. ^ Herrera, Cristina (2016-06-03). "Cinco Hermanitas: Myth and Sisterhood in Guadalupe García McCall's Summer of the Mariposas". Children's Literature. 44 (1): 96–114. doi:10.1353/chl.2016.0005. ISSN 1543-3374.
  9. ^ "Award Winners @ CLASP, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs". www.claspprograms.org. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  10. ^ Latino Literacy Now’s International Latino Book Awards. (n.d.). Retrieved October 18, 2016, from https://app.box.com/s/e02344f975f036c2faa5
  11. ^ admin (1999-11-30). "The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  12. ^ "Tomás Rivera Book Award Winners". Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award. 2012-09-10. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  13. ^ Angela (2013-01-29). "Announcing the 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project". Amelia Bloomer Project. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  14. ^ "Guadalupe Garcia McCall - The Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  15. ^ "Westchester Fiction Award". wfa.yolasite.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.