Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Muñoz Ryan
Born	December 25, 1951 Bakersfield, California, US
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genre	Children's and young adult
Notable works	Esperanza Rising
Website
www.pammunozryan.com

Pam Muñoz Ryan is an American writer for children and young adults. Born in California,^[1] she is half Mexican with Basque, Italian, and Oklahoman cultural influences.^[2]

She has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, and 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, and the Ludington Award for body of work. Her novel Esperanza Rising^[3] 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.^[4]

Life

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, Longfellow Elementary, 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 starting her 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. She loved writing , and to this day forward she is still doing it , and being good at it. ^[5]

Selected bibliography

• Riding Freedom (1998)
• Esperanza Rising (2000)
• Becoming Naomi León (2004)
• Paint the Wind (2007)
• The Dreamer (2010)
• Echo (2015)

Awards

Echo

• 2016 Newbery Honor Books^[6]
• 2016 Américas Award^[7]
• 2016 Audie Award^[8]
• 2015 Kirkus Prize^[9]
• 2015 New York Historical Society Book Prize^[10]
• 2015 NAPPA Gold Award^[11]

The Dreamer, illustrated by Peter Sís

• 2011 Pen USA Award^[12]
• 2011 Pura Belpré Medal^[13]
• 2011 Américas Award^[14]
• 2011 Nautilus Book Award^[15]
• 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor^[16]
• 2010 NAPPA Gold Award^[17]
• Carla Cohen Free Speech Award^[18]
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturapreis-Germany-Der Traumer^[19]

Becoming Naomi León

• 2006 Pura Belpré Honor Medal^[20]
• 2005 ALA Schneider Family Book Award^[21]
• 2005 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Book Award^[22]
• Américas Award Commended^[23]

When Marian Sang, illustrated by Brian Selznick

• 2004 Norman Sugarman Award for Distinguished Biography^[24]
• 2003 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children^[25]
• 2003 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award-Bank Street College^[26]

Riding Freedom, illustrated by Brian Selznick

• 2000 Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award^[27]
• 2000 Arkansas Simon Young Reader Honor^[28]
• 1998 Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award^[29]

Esperanza Rising

• 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist^[30]
• 2001 Southern California Judy Lopez Award^[31]
• 2001 Arizona Young Adult Book Award^[32]

References

1. "Pam Muñoz Ryan's Biography | Scholastic.com". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
2. "papertigers | interviews | Pam Muñoz Ryan". www.papertigers.org. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
3. "Library to Host 2016 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature". Libray of Congress. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
4. "Author - Pam Muñoz Ryan". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
5. "Author - Pam Muñoz Ryan". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
6. "Newbery Medal".
7. "Américas Award @ CLASP, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs". www.claspprograms.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
8. "Audie Award Winners". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
9. "2015 Finalists: young readers | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
10. "New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize".
11. "NAPPAawards.com". NAPPAawards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
12. "Winners | PEN Center USA". penusa.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
13. admin (1999-11-30). "The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
14. "Américas Award".
15. Belknap, Mary. "2011 GOLD Winners". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
16. "Past Boston Globe -- Horn Book Award Winners — The Horn Book". www.hbook.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
17. "Washington Parent". www.washingtonparent.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
18. "The NAIBA Carla Cohen Free Speech Award - New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association". www.naiba.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
19. "Der Träumer :: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis". www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
20. admin (1999-11-30). "The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
21. "Schneider Family Book Award Winners, 2004- Present | Campbell University Libraries". www.lib.campbell.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
22. "Tomás Rivera Mexican American Book Award".
23. "Américas Award" (PDF).
24. "Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award". 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
25. Orbis Pictus Awards 1990-2010
26. "Bank Street - List of Winners". www.bankstreet.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
27. "Previous Winners". Grand Canyon Reader Awards. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
28. "2000 Arkansas Simon Young Reader Honor" (PDF).
29. "Parenting Magazine's Reading Magic Award".
30. "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books» 2001-03-05". events.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
31. "Judy Lopez Award Winners". judylopezbookaward.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
32. "List of Past Winning Authors | Libraries, LTD.". www.librariesltdaz.org. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

External links

• Official website
• Pam Muñoz Ryan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 34 catalog records (Ryan, Pam Muñoz)