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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Natalia Sylvester
LOCATION:Southwest Regional Library\nSouthwest Regional Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join author Natalia Sylvester as she talks about her young adu
 lt book "Breathe and Count Back From Ten." The presentation will be follow
 ed by a brief writing exercise. Registration is required..\nhttps://browar
 d.libnet.info/event/13263808
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/events/broward/NS_Headshot_2024.jpeg" width="428" height="322" 
 alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Born in Lima\, 
 Peru\, Natalia Sylvester is an award-winning author of books for children\
 , teens\, and young adults\, among them RUNNING (2020) and EVERYONE KNOWS 
 YOU GO HOME (2018)\, which won the International Latino Book Award and the
  2019 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institu
 te of Letters. Her latest YA novel\, BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN\, was
  named a Pura Belpr&eacute\; honor book and Schneider Family honor book in
  2023 by the American Library Association\, and is a 2024-2025 Florida Tee
 ns Read title. Natalia's first picture book\, A MALETA FULL OF TREASURES (
 illustrated by Juana Medina) is a Junior Library Guild Selection for both 
 its English and Spanish versions.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Natalia's non-fiction 
 has appeared in the New York Times\, Bustle\, Catapult\, Electric Literatu
 re\, Latina magazine\, and McSweeney's Publishing. Her essays have been an
 thologized in collections such as A MAP IS ONLY ONE STORY and A MEASURE OF
  BELONGING: WRITERS OF COLOR ON THE NEW AMERICAN SOUTH.</p>\n<p>Natalia re
 ceived a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami\, was a 2021 
 Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin\, and wa
 s formerly a faculty member at the Mile-High MFA program at Regis Universi
 ty. She now lives in South Florida.</p>\n<p>nataliasylvester.com | Twitter
 /Instagram: @nataliasylv.</p>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions\, plea
 se call the Youth Services desk 954-357-6733.</strong><strong></strong></p
 >\n<p><em>This program is possible thanks to the Friends of the Southwest 
 Regional Library and the Pembroke Pines Charter High School.</em></p>\n<p>
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 20" height="220" alt="" /></em></p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event/132
 63808
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