Bio:

Jorge Argueta is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children. He has won the Américas Book Award, the NAPPA Gold Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction for Juveniles. His books have also been named to the Américas Award Commended List, the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books and the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices. A native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian, Jorge spent much of his life in rural El Salvador. He now lives in San Francisco, California.

Writer
PAL
Member since 2013
Region: California: San Francisco/South

Contact Information

Email:  tetl2002@yahoo.com
Website:  http://www.jorgeargueta.com

Published In Children's Market: Yes
Available for Speaking Engagements? Yes