Matt de la Peña is the Newbery Medal-winning author of seven Young Adult novels and five picture books. We talked with him about writing small stories and what it means to write a book that is, as he calls it, “Diversity 2.0.”
You can read a transcript of this episode on our website.
- Check out our booklist with books by Matt de la Peña and more!
- Learn more about de la Peña on his website, and see more illustrations by Christian Robinson.
- Protect the freedom to read by getting involved with Books Unbanned.
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