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Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of the young adult novels We Light Up the Sky; Never Look Back, a Pura Belpré Honor book; Dealing in Dreams; and The Education of Margot Sanchez, as well as the Goldie Vance series for middle-grade readers and the graphic novel, Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story. More about this author >
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of the young adult novels We Light Up the Sky; Never Look Back, a Pura Belpré Honor book; Dealing in Dreams; and The Education of Margot Sanchez, as well as the Goldie Vance series for middle-grade readers and the graphic novel, Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Elle, among others. Lilliam lives in Los Angeles.
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