
Diana Farid on Being a Dual-Career Author (E34)
Diana Farid is an award-winning author and poet. Her picture book, WHEN YOU BREATHE, was a 2021 National Council of Teachers of English Notable Poetry Book and a 2022 EUREKA! Gold Award winner for nonfiction.
Her novel in verse, WAVE, was a 2022 School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book, the Cybils Award Winner for Novel in Verse, a Middle East Book Award Honoree, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Golden Poppy Award Finalist, and a Northern California Book Award Nominee.
Her latest picture book, THE LIGHT OF HOME (Scholastic) has been called “incredibly powerful” and…
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