When she was only two, her father went to El Otro Lado “The Other Side,” which is what people in her village called the United States. Currently, she teaches creative writing and is a prevailing motivational speaker. Her works have been published internationally in Norway, South Korea, and Mexico. Reyna says that one of the reasons she writes is she can revisit Mexico and claim it as her own in a way she can’t in real life. She is now an award-winning novelist and memoirist. in creative writing from Antioch University. She went on to obtain her B.A. in creative writing and film & video from the University of California, Santa Cruz. When she was ten she made her own journey across the border into the U.S. Her mother followed two years later, leaving Reyna and her siblings to live with their grandmother in Mexcio. When she was only two her father moved to the U.S. Reyna Grande was born and raised in Iguala, Mexico. Literary Awards: 2017 Honor Book Award for the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2016 Eureka! Honor Awards from the California Reading Association, International Literacy Association Children’s Book Award 2017 The Distance Between Us (Young Readers Edition) by Reyna Grande
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