Pam Muñoz Ryan
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About
The Mexican-American author of such bestselling books as Becoming Naomi Leon and Esperanza Rising, she received the Willa Cather Literary Award in 1999. Her children's nonfiction work, When Marian Sang, won both the Orbis Pictus Award and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award.
Before Fame
She grew up in California's San Joaquin Valley. She later received her master's degree from San Diego State University.
Trivia
Many of her children's books were translated into Spanish.
Family Life
The granddaughter of a Mexican immigrant, she celebrates her Hispanic heritage in many of her literary works. With her husband, she raised four children.
Associated With
Her book, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, was inspired by two of Ryan's favorite historical figures: Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart.
