Poet, Fiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
The Other Half of Happy Pura Belpré Honor Book; ALA Notable Book; Américas Award Honor Book; Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Novel by Tx Institute of Letters; Spirit of Texas Award
Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize (Scholarship to Bennington Writing Seminars) Salzburg Fellowship (week-long program at Salzburg Global Seminar) NEH Fellowship (week-long study of T. Jefferson through CCHA) NE Tarrant County Artist Grant ($800 to share poetry with high schoolers)