The 2025 National Book Award-honored authors in young people’s literature – including María Dolores Águila, K. Ancrum, Daniel Nayeri, Hannah V. Sawyerr, Maria van Lieshout, and Ibi Zoboi – visit Miami Book Fair to share from and about their books, and answer questions from Miami-Dade County students. Hosted by Ebony LaDelle, author of You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs and This Could Be Forever. For more information and to RSVP, contact Francisco Elias at [email protected].
Buy A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez – Águila
Buy The Corruption of Hollis Brown– Ancrum
BuyThe Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story – Nayeri
Buy Truth Is– Sawyerr
Buy Song of a Blackbird– van Lieshout
Buy (S)Kin– Zoboi
Buy This Could Be Forever– LaDelle
Buy You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs – LaDelle
MARÍA DOLORES ÁGUILA is a Chicana poet and author from San Diego. Deeply inspired by Chicano history and art, she seeks to write empowering and inclusive stories about everything she learns. She also loves drinking coffee, browsing the bookshelves at her local library, and spending time with her family. She is the author of the critically acclaimed picture book Barrio Rising, illustrated by Magdalena Mora.
