She hopes to create more library programs for children with Autism. Susannah is also a librarian with a MSLIS from St. Her debut picture book, Halal Hot Dogs (Little Bee Books), features an Arab-Muslim character named Musa that enjoys a special treat with his family after Jummah prayer at the local masjid. She writes stories that focus on Arab and Muslim characters and hopes to see more culturally diverse characters, as well as neurodiverse characters represented in traditional publishing. Susannah Aziz is a creative/freelance writer and children's book author living in NYC. The grandmother of two amazing granddaughters, Gloria believes in children, pets and possibilities. She lives outside Austin, Texas, surrounded by grand oaks with Jeff, their lively dog, Pixie, and sleepy cat, Lovey. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has published one of her poems, “Summer of His Fourteenth Year,” in their national textbook literature series. A Hedgebrook alumna and a CantoMundo fellow, Gloria’s poetry has been published in a variety of literary journals and anthologies. An earlier version won the 2016 Lee and Low New Voices Honor Award. Highly regarded Duncan Tonatiuh is the illustrator. Abrams Books for Young Readers will publish her picture book biography in verse, Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua August 17, 2021. She is an educator, poet and children’s book writer. Gloria is proud of her Mexican American heritage.
She loves books that reach a young person’s heart, head or funny bone and strives to do just that in her writing. When she was a girl, she would often climb into the cradle of an oak tree and enter the world of words. Gloria Amescua (Ah MES qua) has been a writer since she was a child, writing poems and stories throughout her life. GLORIA amescua, author of child of the flower-song people: luz jiménez, daughter of the nahua
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