Margi Preus is an American
children's writer
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. She is a 2011
Newbery Honor
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winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for ''Heart of a Samurai''. Her books have won multiple awards, honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on many "best of" lists, featured on NPR, chosen for community reads, and translated into many languages.*
She earned her undergraduate degree at Luther College and graduate degree from
Binghamton University.
She taught at
The College of St. Scholastica,
University of Minnesota Duluth
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.
She lives in
Duluth, Minnesota
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Works
*''Storm's Coming!'', Illustrator David Geister, MHS Press, 2016, -0
*''The Bamboo Sword'', Amulet Books, 2015,
*''Enchantment Lake'', University of Minnesota Press, 2015,
*''West of the Moon'', Amulet Books, 2014,
*''Shadow on The Mountain'', Aumlet Books, 2012,
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*''The Peace Bell'', Illustrator Hideko Takahashi, Henry Holt, 2008,
*''
Heart of a Samurai'', Amulet Books, 2010,
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she was a runner up for the 2011 newbery medal and won the Asian/Pacific American award for literature.
References
External links
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"Author Interview: Margi Preus, author of Heart of a Samurai" ''The Fourth Musketeer'', July 24, 2010
"2010 Children's Best: Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus" ''Kirkus'', Clayton Moore, November 15, 2010
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Library of Congress
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American children's writers
Binghamton University alumni
Living people
Newbery Honor winners
Writers from Minnesota
20th-century American writers
21st-century American writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American women children's writers