Yamile Saied Méndez

Yamile Saied Méndez è una pluripremiata autrice argentino-americana, nota per il suo lavoro nei libri per bambini e romanzi per giovani adulti. Nata a Rosario, in Argentina, Méndez ha una grande passione per il calcio e per la scrittura. È vincitrice di una borsa di studio prestigiosa, il Walter Dean Meyers Grant, e ha studiato alla Voices of Our Nation e al Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Writing for Children program.

Méndez non è solo una scrittrice appassionata, ma anche una madre affettuosa di cinque figli umani e due cani. Attualmente risiede in Utah con il marito portoricano, i loro figli, un magnifico gatto e due simpatici cani. Tra i tanti hobby di Méndez ci sono il calcio, l'estate, le piogge di meteoriti, la pizza e l'astrologia.

Come vincitrice inaugurale del Walter Dean Meyers Grant, Méndez ha dimostrato il suo impegno per la scrittura. Il suo background alla Voices of Our Nation e al Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Writing for Children program ha ulteriormente affinato le sue capacità e fornito una solida base nel settore. Méndez è rappresentata dall'agente letterario Linda Camacho della Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency. Il suo lavoro continua a ispirare e conquistare i lettori di tutte le età.
Horse Country Books
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1 Can't Be Tamed 2022
2 Friends Like These 2022
3 Where There's Smoke 2022
4 No Place Like Home 2023
Romanzi singoli
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1 On These Magic Shores 2020
2 Furia 2020
3 Shaking Up the House 2021
4 Twice a Quinceañera 2022
5 Love of My Lives 2023
6 The Trouble With Sunshine 2025
7 All Roads Lead to Rome 2025
Libri illustrati
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1 Where Are You From? 2019
2 What Will You Be? 2021
Wish Books
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1 Deep Down Popular (By: Phoebe Stone) 2008
2 Deep Down Popular 2008
3 Cake Pop Crush (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2013
4 Cake Pop Crush 2013
5 Gaby, Lost and Found 2013
6 Gaby, Lost and Found (By: Angela Cervantes) 2013
7 You're Bacon Me Crazy 2014
8 You're Bacon Me Crazy (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2014
9 Switched at Birthday 2014
10 Switched at Birthday (By: Natalie Standiford) 2014
11 Macarons at Midnight 2015
12 Macarons at Midnight (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2015
13 Best Friend Next Door (By: Carolyn Mackler) 2015
14 Best Friend Next Door 2015
15 Hot Cocoa Hearts (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2015
16 Hot Cocoa Hearts 2015
17 Sit, Stay, Love 2016
18 Sit, Stay, Love (By: J.J. Howard) 2016
19 The Only Girl in School (By: Natalie Standiford) 2016
20 The Only Girl in School 2016
21 Allie, First at Last (By: Angela Cervantes) 2016
22 Allie, First at Last 2016
23 Sealed with a Secret (By: Lisa Schroeder) 2016
24 Sealed with a Secret 2016
25 Once Upon a Cruise 2016
26 Once Upon a Cruise (By: Anna Staniszewski) 2016
27 Playing Cupid (By: Jenny Meyerhoff) 2017
28 Playing Cupid 2017
29 Donut Go Breaking My Heart (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2017
30 Donut Go Breaking My Heart 2017
31 Snow One Like You 2017
32 Snow One Like You (By: Natalie Blitt) 2017
33 Pugs and Kisses (By: J.J. Howard) 2018
34 Pugs and Kisses 2018
35 Sundae My Prince Will Come 2018
36 Sundae My Prince Will Come (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2018
37 I Only Have Pies for You (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2018
38 I Only Have Pies for You 2018
39 Blizzard Besties 2018
40 Lety Out Loud (By: Angela Cervantes) 2019
41 Lety Out Loud 2019
42 Pugs in a Blanket (By: J.J. Howard) 2019
43 Pugs in a Blanket 2019
44 Shake It Off 2019
45 Shake It Off (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2019
46 The Love Pug 2019
47 The Love Pug (By: J.J. Howard) 2019
48 Random Acts of Kittens 2019
49 True to Your Selfie 2020
50 True to Your Selfie (By: Megan McCafferty) 2020
51 Pumpkin Spice Up Your Life (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2020
52 Pumpkin Spice Up Your Life 2020
53 Alpaca My Bags (By: Jenny Goebel) 2020
54 Alpaca My Bags 2020
55 Meow or Never 2021
56 Meow or Never (By: Jazz Taylor) 2021
57 Girls Just Wanna Have Pugs (By: J.J. Howard) 2021
58 Girls Just Wanna Have Pugs 2021
59 Clique Here 2021
60 Clique Here (By: Anna Staniszewski) 2021
61 Wish Upon a Stray 2021
62 A Batch Made in Heaven (By: Suzanne Nelson) 2021
63 A Batch Made in Heaven 2021
64 Pigture Perfect (By: Jenny Goebel) 2021
65 Pigture Perfect 2021
66 Double Clique (By: Anna Staniszewski) 2021
67 Double Clique 2021
68 Pizza My Heart (By: Rhiannon Richardson) 2022
69 Pizza My Heart 2022
Girl Scouts Books (with Sayantani DasGupta)
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1 Girl Scouts: Maven Takes the Lead 2024
2 Anika and the Great Dog Rescue (By: Sayantani DasGupta) 2025
Tales from Cabin 23 Books (with Justina Ireland, with Hanna Alkaf)
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1 The Boo Hag Flex (By: Justina Ireland) 2024
2 Night of the Living Head (By: Hanna Alkaf) 2024
3 The Visitors 2025
Yamile Saied Méndez Anthologies
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1 Rural Voices 2020
2 Wish Upon a Stray 2021
3 Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space 2022
4 Reclaim the Stars 2022
5 Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories 2022
6 Calling the Moon 2023
7 The Grimoire of Grave Fates 2023