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Meet the Author Natalia Sylvester

Sunshine State Author Series

Meet Natalia Sylvester, award-winning author of the Florida Teens Read book "Breathe and Count Back from Ten." Recommended for ages 13-17.

This is a Virtual Event hosted through Zoom. You will receive an email with a link to access the Zoom room before the event from your event host.  
 
A computer with access to the internet and speakers or headsets are required. A webcam and microphone are suggested to fully participate. (remove for those not applicable)  
 
If using a mobile device, Android and iOS users must install the Zoom App. However, please note interactivity may be limited.

Visit https://ocls.info/sunshine-state-author-series/ for more Sunshine State Author Series events.

About the Author

Born in Lima, Peru, Natalia Sylvester is an award-winning writer of novels, essays, and poetry. Chasing the Sun was named the Best Debut Book of 2014 by Latinidad Magazine and Everyone Knows You Go Home won an International Latino Book Award and the 2019 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her debut YA novel, Running, was a 2020 Junior Library Guild Selection and her sophomore YA, Breathe and Count Back from Ten, is a 2023 Pura Belpré Award honor book and a Schneider Family Award honor book. Her first picture book, A Maleta Full of Treasures, illustrated by Juana Medina, will be out in 2024 from Penguin Random House. Sylvester's essays have appeared in the New York Times, Bustle, Catapult, Latina magazine, and McSweeney’s Publishing, and have been widely anthologized. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Miami and now lives in South Florida.

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