Megan E. Freeman

Poet, Fiction Writer

CO
Colorado US
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Author's Bio

Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry, and she has been a writer ever since. Her New York Times bestselling novel in verse, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, the Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont Children’s Book Awards, the High Plains Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, and is included on over two dozen "best of" and state reading lists. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and the author of the poetry chapbook Lessons on Sleeping Alone. An award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan is nationally recognized for her work leading workshops and speaking to audiences across the country. Megan used to live in northeast Los Angeles, central Ohio, northern Norway, and on Caribbean cruise ships. Now she divides her time between northern Colorado and the Texas Gulf Coast.

Literary agent: 
East West Literary Agency

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Book:
ALONE (Simon & Schuster, 2021)

Poetry

Chapbook:
Lessons On Sleeping Alone (Liquid Light Press, 2015)
Journals:
The Sunlight Press
,
Turtle Island Quarterly
,
Prizes won: 

Colorado Book Award for Juvenile Fiction

Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Maine Children's Book Award

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award

High Plains Book Award

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English, Norwegian
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Last update: Feb 27, 2024