Rita Williams-Garcia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rita Williams-Garcia

American children's writer

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1957

Place of Birth: Jamaica, New York, United States

Profession: writer, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Rita Williams-Garcia (born 1957) is an American writer of young-adult novels. She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book, One Crazy Summer.
She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award.
Her 2013 book, P.S.
Be Eleven, was a Junior Literary Guild selection, a New York Times Editors Choice Book, and won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2014.
In 2016 her book Gone Crazy in Alabama won the Coretta Scott King Award.
In 2017, her book Clayton Byrd Has Gone Underground is a finalist for the National Book Award for young people's literature.