Lucia M. Gonzalez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lucia M. Gonzalez

American writer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1957

Place of Birth: Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lucia M.
Gonzalez is an Award-winning children's author and librarian.
She was president of REFORMA in 2010-2011. An accomplished storyteller, puppeteer, and children's librarian, Gonzalez started her career in library services to children in 1987 after receiving the Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and while pursuing her Masters in Library Science at the University of South Florida.
She is the author of the award-winning bilingual books The Bossy Gallito, winner of the Pura Belpré Award for Children's Literature Honor Medal and named one of New York Public Library's 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know; and Señor Cat's Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America, an Americas Award Commended Title.
Gonzalez was named the 1998 Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumna by the University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science.
Her new book, The Storyteller's Candle, is a bilingual picture book illustrated by Lulu Delacre, winner of the 2008 Pura Belpré Children's Literature Honor Medal.