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Carmen Agra Deedy Author

Carmen Agra Deedy is a New York Times best-selling author. Her books have received many awards and honours, including a Christopher Award, Pura Belpré Honor, and a Jane Addams Children's Book Honor Award. Born in Havana, Cuba, she went to the United States as a refugee. She lives in Georgia. Brian Lies is a best-selling author and illustrator, and a Caldecott Honoree for The Rough Patch. He is a masterful visual storyteller and is best known for his popular Bats books; his most recent is Little Bat in Night School. Brian lives with his family in a seaside town in Massachusetts.