Design by Peter Lopez
Author of The Center of the Earth, Behind Mount Rushmore, Heaven Isn't Me, Summer Camp is Cancelled, Mr. Ray's Barbershop / La Barbería del Señor Ray, and many short stories.
Awards & Honors:
International Latino Book Awards, Most Inspirational Young Adult Book (2026)
Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award, Semi-Finalist, YA Historical Fiction (2026)
Boyds Mills Scholarship Winner, YA Historical Fiction (2026)
Texas Authors Institute, Best YA Historical Fiction Novel (2026)
SCBWI Encouragement Grant, Middle Grade Historical Fiction (2025)
Lone Star Limericks, Poetry, 2nd Place (2024)
Dastaan Award, Fiction (2017)
Pen2Paper Finalist, Fiction (2017)
Best of the Net Finalist, Nonfiction (2016)
Online Writing Tips, Fiction, 2nd Place (2016)
Best of the Net Finalist, Fiction (2014)
Sylvan N. Karchmer Fiction Prize (2013)
Glass Mountain Poetry and Prose Contest, Prose Winner (2013)
