Ann Malaspina, Children's Author

"In spare and elegant free verse, Malaspina shares a vivid act of civil disobedience...Inspiring fodder for an electoral--or any other--year." - Kirkus Reviews

2013 Amelia Bloomer Project Top Ten List

"Velasquez’s majestic, thickly painted oils portray Coachman (b. 1923) with a quiet serenity and assurance, as Malaspina, writing in verse, conveys the magnitude of her accomplishments with agility and lyricism: “As she climbed to the top/ of the winners’ stand,/ the crowd rose/ for the bare-feet flying,/ long-legs spinning,/ moon jumper from Georgia.” - Publisher's Weekly

Bank Street College 2013 Best Children's Books of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection

Ann Malaspina
children's author

"If I could read, I could be anything at all..." -Yasmin's Hammer (Lee & Low Books)
Doug Chayka, artist

Ann Malaspina writes multicultural and historical nonfiction and fiction books for children and young adults. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

Ann does school visits and is a member of the KidLit Author's Club, a group of Mid-Atlantic children's authors who promote books at bookstores, schools, libraries, and conferences.

Ann is also a member of...
SCBWI
PEN AMERICA
THE AUTHOR'S GUILD

Finalist, 2012 Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Literature

Nominated for a 2013 Pushcart Prize for poem "Horse Bones"

Contact me: annmalaspina@yahoo.com

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Ann Malaspina writes multicultural and historical nonfiction and fiction books for children and young adults. She lives in New Jersey with her family.