I spent much of my free time riding my bike to the East Bakersfield Library to borrow books. I was the new kid in a school where most students had been together since kindergarten. The summer before fifth grade, my family moved across town to Irene Street, near the original Green Frog Market. How I loved those encyclopedias! Once, I even tried to copy an entire page, but did not succeed.
My favorite volume was G, because it contained an illustrated section of Greek myths. One of my earliest memories of books is my grandmother’s set of encyclopedias. I was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. READING AND WRITING LIFE (the extended bio) in her own words When she finished her graduate program, she became interested in writing, and at the encouragement of her agent, Kendra Marcus, included her family name, Muñoz, to her signature, to reflect her Mexican heritage.
After her four children were born, she became the director of an early childhood program and went back to school to get her master’s degree in Post-secondary Education with the intention of teaching Children’s Literature in college. An early childhood teacher, she worked for the Escondido, California, school district for three years before starting her family. She then attended San Diego State University where she received a bachelor’s degree. High, Bakersfield High School, and Bakersfield Community College. As Pamela Bell, she attended McKinley Elementary, Longfellow Elementary, Washington Jr. Many of her stories reflect her half-Mexican heritage.īorn Pamela Jeanne Banducci in Bakersfield, California, on December 25, 1951, her last name was changed before she attended school to match the name of her parents, Hope Bell and the man she considered her father, Donald Bell. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, (formerly Pam Bell) holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from San Diego State University and lives near San Diego with her family. Other selected honors include the PEN USA Award, the Américas Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, and the Orbis Pictus Award. including The Goodman in Chicago, and the Majestic Cutler Theater, in Boston. Her novel, Esperanza Rising, was commissioned as a play by the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre and has been performed in many venues around the U.S. She is the author recipient of the National Education Association’s Civil and Human Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for Multicultural Literature, and is twice the recipient of the Pura Belpré Medal and the Willa Cather Award. She has written over forty books, including the novels ESPERANZA RISING, BECOMING NAOMI LEÓN, RIDING FREEDOM, PAINT THE WIND, THE DREAMER, ECHO, and Mañanaland. She is the author of ECHO, a Newbery Honor book and the recipient of the Kirkus Prize. nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award. Pam Muñoz Ryan is an American author and the 2018 U.S.
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