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2015 Judge: Isabel Quintero
Isabel Quintero was born and raised in Southern California. Her love of reading and writing comes from her mother reading to her before she went to bed, and from the teachers and professors who encouraged her to keep writing. Her love of chorizo and carne asada tacos comes from her dad grilling on Sundays during summertime. A former elementary school library tech, she now teaches community college and works as a freelance writer for the Arts Connection of San Bernardino. A get-your-hands-dirty literary junkie, Quintero works as events coordinator for Orange Monkey Publishing, is assistant editor for Tin Cannon, a literary journal, and sits on the board for PoetrIE, a non-profit literary arts organization. She still lives in SoCal and enjoys going on adventures with her wonderful husband, Fernando. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, Isabel’s debut novel, is a Morris Award finalist, has received starred reviews from SLJ, Kirkus, Booklist and PW and has selected as a best book of the year by SLJ, Kirkus, Booklist, and NYPL.
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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