From: Christine Hill <chill>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:13:11 -0500

Ginny wrote: I've always wondered if each writer primarily known for her/his adult works was initially contacted by an editor of books for young people, or if he/she had a particularly vigorous agent who saw that there was room - oh, my, how much room - for books by Latino/a writers. If not, what brought each to children's/Y.A. books in the first place?

I found a little about this in researching my new book Ten Hispanic American Authors (Enslow, 2002.) Not all the authors I profiled write for children, but of those who do I found:

Judith Ortiz Cofer Nicholasa Mohr Julia Alvarez were all approached by editors. Gary Soto tried writing for young adults after receiving so many fan letters from teens for his memoir Living Up the Street. Rudolfo Anaya Piri Thomas unknown. Christine M. Hill Willingboro Public Library One Salem Road Willingboro NJ 08046 chill at willingboro.org
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