Matt de la Peña is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Newbery Medal-winning author of seven young adult novels (including Mexican WhiteBoy and We Were Here), two middle grade novels, and eight picture books (including The Perfect Place and Last Stop on Market Street). In 2016 he was awarded the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award.
Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific where he attended school on a full basketball scholarship. In 2019 Matt was awarded an honorary doctorate from UOP.
His most recent book is The Perfect Place (available in English and Spanish). He won the Newbery Award for Last Stop on Market Street. That book also won a Caldecott Honor Book for the illustration.
Matt’s website is located here.
The books below can all be purchased at Amazon. A tiny percentage goes to Golden Libraries.
- Hardcover Book
- de la Peña, Matt (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 05/07/2024 (Publication Date) – G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- de la Peña, Matt (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 01/08/2015 (Publication Date) – G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- de la Peña, Matt (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 272 Pages – 01/12/2010 (Publication Date) – Ember (Publisher)
Other Books Mentioned during the Podcast
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Cisneros, Sandra (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 132 Pages – 04/30/2013 (Publication Date) – Vintage (Publisher)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Cisneros, Sandra (Author)
- Spanish (Publication Language)
- 126 Pages – 02/08/2022 (Publication Date) – VINTAGE ESPAÑOL (Publisher)
- Martín, Pedro (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages – 08/01/2023 (Publication Date) – Dial Books (Publisher)
- Martín, Pedro (Author)
- Spanish (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages – 11/21/2023 (Publication Date) – Vintage Español (Publisher)
- Audible Audiobook
- Barbara Kingsolver (Author) – Charlie Thurston (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/18/2022 (Publication Date) – HarperAudio (Publisher)