Thanhha Lai
Thanhha Lai (born 1965) is an American writer who was born in Vietnam. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature[1] and a Newbery Medal[2] for her first novel, Inside Out & Back Again, published by HarperCollins.
References
- ↑ "National Book Awards – 2011". National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-16. (With acceptance speech by Lai; interview, reading, and other material replicated for all five Young People's Literature authors and books.)
- ↑ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA) "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2012-04-16.