Event Title
General Session
Location
Cochran Center Ballrooms
Start Date
12-4-2012 4:30 PM
End Date
12-4-2012 5:30 PM
Description
Former reluctant reader turned author Matt de la Peña wrote his first novel, Ball Don’t Lie, in 2005. The book was made into a major motion picture and released in the fall of 2011, in addition to being named an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALAYALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. de la Peña’s other titles for teens, Mexican Whiteboy (2008), We Were Here (2009) and I Will Save You (2010), have received numerous accolades. In January 2011, his first picture book, A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis (illustrated by Kadir Nelson), was released by Dial Press. de la Peña received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended on full athletic scholarship for basketball. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing at NYU and visits high schools and colleges all over the country.
General Session
Cochran Center Ballrooms
Former reluctant reader turned author Matt de la Peña wrote his first novel, Ball Don’t Lie, in 2005. The book was made into a major motion picture and released in the fall of 2011, in addition to being named an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALAYALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. de la Peña’s other titles for teens, Mexican Whiteboy (2008), We Were Here (2009) and I Will Save You (2010), have received numerous accolades. In January 2011, his first picture book, A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis (illustrated by Kadir Nelson), was released by Dial Press. de la Peña received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended on full athletic scholarship for basketball. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing at NYU and visits high schools and colleges all over the country.
