Today, we welcome author and teacher, Denise Vega, to the podcast, who also happens to be one of my sisters.
www.denisevega.com
Denise Vega writes for children through teens. Her first published novel, CLICK HERE (To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade), was a bestselling title for the Scholastic Book Fairs/Clubs, won the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature, and was a 2008 Louisiana Reader’s Choice Nominee. The follow up to Click Here – ACCESS DENIED (and other eighth grade error messages) – was a finalist for the Colorado Top Hand Award. FACT OF LIFE #31 won the the Colorado Book Award and the Colorado Top Hand Award for Young Adult Lit, and ROCK ON was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award.
She also has published BUILD A BURRITO (a toddler counting book), and GRANDMOTHER, HAVE THE ANGELS COME? (a picture book), which was an Américas Award Commended Title, winner of the 2009 Living In Color Literary Award for best Children’s picture book, as well as a Colorado Book Award winner for Children’s Literature and winner of the Colorado Top Hand Award for Children’s Book-length Fiction. Her picture book, IF YOUR MONSTER WON’T GO TO BED won the 2018 Crystal Kite Award for the Southwest region.
She lives in Denver with her family.
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