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Laura Resau is the award-winning author of the young adult novels What the Moon Saw and Red Glass (Delacorte Press). She lived in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, for two years as an English teacher and anthropologist. She now lives with her husband, baby, and dog in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she writes and teaches English as a Second Language. Laura is donating a portion of her royalties to indigenous rights organizations in Latin America.
150-word Bio
Dealing with the topic of immigration, Laura Resau's novel Red Glass won the IRA Young Adult Fiction Award, the Americas Award, and was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a School Library Journal Best Book of 2007. A starred review by Publishers' Weekly calls it a "vibrant, large-hearted story." Resau's debut novel, What the Moon Saw, is an Americas Award Honor Book, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Colorado Book Award Winner, and a Best Book for Young Adults. In a starred review, Booklist calls What the Moon Saw "a powerful, magical story ... a rare glimpse into an indigenous culture." Resau lived in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, for two years as an English teacher and anthropologist. She now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she writes and teaches ESL to immigrants. She is donating a portion of her royalties to indigenous rights organizations in Latin America.
