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Megan E. Freeman [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
CO
Colorado US
Bio: 

Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry, and she has been a writer ever since. Her New York Times bestselling novel in verse, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, the Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont Children’s Book Awards, the High Plains Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, and is included on over two dozen "best of" and state reading lists. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and the author of the poetry chapbook Lessons on Sleeping Alone. An award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan is nationally recognized for her work leading workshops and speaking to audiences across the country. Megan used to live in northeast Los Angeles, central Ohio, northern Norway, and on Caribbean cruise ships. Now she divides her time between northern Colorado and the Texas Gulf Coast.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Norwegian
Twitter/X: 
@meganefreeman
Website: 
https://www.meganefreeman.com/ [2]
Prizes won: 

Colorado Book Award for Juvenile Fiction

Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Maine Children's Book Award

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award

High Plains Book Award

Agent/Agency name: 
East West Literary Agency

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/megan_e_freeman

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/megan_e_freeman [2] https://www.meganefreeman.com/