Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Poet, Fiction Writer

Helotes, TX
Texas US
Email: 
ggwritespoetry@aol.com
Website: 
ggmccall.com/
Twitter/X: 
@ggmccall

Author's Bio

I was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. My family immigrated into the U.S. when I was six years old. I grew up in Eagle Pass, a small, border town in South Texas. Eagle Pass is the setting of my debut novel in verse, UNDER THE MESQUITE, from Lee & Low Books. After high school, I went off to Alpine in West Texas to study to become a teacher. I have a BA in Theatre Arts and English from Sul Ross State University. As a full-time writer/part-time professor, I live in South Texas, where I spend my days dreaming up stories and writing them down.

Education: 
University of Texas at El Paso MFA
Literary agent: 
Andrea Cascardi

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Echoes of Grace (Lee and Low Books, 2022)
,
The Keeper (Harper Collins, 2022)
,
All the Stars Denied (Lee and Low Books, 2018)
,
Shame the Stars (Lee & Low Books, 2016)
,
Summer of the Mariposas (Lee & Low Books, 2012)
,
Under the Mesquite (Lee & Low Books, 2011)

Poetry

Journals:
Aoife's Kiss
,
Bilingual Review
,
Borderlands
,
Cause and Effect Magazine
,
Concho River Review
,
Dirty Goat
,
Essence
,
Falling Star
,
The Journal
,
Orbis
,
Prague Literary Review
,
Red Wheelbarrow
Prizes won: 

Pura Belpre Author Award (ALSC/Reforma), William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist (YALSA), Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults (YALSA), Best Teen Books of 2011 (Kirkus Reviews), Top 10 Can't Miss Fall Books for Teens (Kirkus Reviews), "Starred Review" (Kirkus Reviews), ALA Notable Children's Book American Library Association (ALA), Best of the Best Books Chicago Public Library, Best Children's Books of the Year Bank Street College of Education, "Choices" Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), Notable Books for a Global Society (International Reading Association) among many other accolades.

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Hispanic, Mexican
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Children
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
Piedras Negras, Coah.
Mexico
Raised in: 
Eagle Pass, TX
Texas
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Last update: May 30, 2022