Pam+Munoz+Ryan

__The Author: Pam Munoz Ryan__
====Pam has written over 25 books including Esoeranza Rising. She is heavily talented in detail and won many medals such as the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book. Besides Esperanza Rising, she has written Paint the World, Becoming Naomi Leon, Riding Freedom, Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride, and more!==== ====She was born and raised in California's San Joaquin Valley and the oldest of three sisters and twenty seven cousins! As a child, she spent most of her time at the library in Mexico. That is how she started to love reading. After college, she became a teacher, then an administrator. After that, her friend encouraged her to write her first book. Then she finally knew what she wanted to do. She became an author and still writes today.====