Margi Preus

Margi Preus
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Binghamton University
Genre	Children's literature
Website
www.margipreus.com

Margi Preus is an American children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Heart of a Samurai. ^[1] Her books have won multiple awards, honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on many "best of" lists, featured on NPR, chosen for community reads, and translated into many languages.*

She earned her undergraduate degree at Luther College and graduate degree from Binghamton University. ^[2] She taught at the College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota Duluth. ^[3] She lives in Duluth, Minnesota. ^[4]

Works

• Windswept, Illustrator Armando Veve, Harry N. Abrams, 2022, ISBN   978-1419758249
• Storm's Coming!, Illustrator David Geister, MHS Press, 2016, ISBN   978-1-68134-0180-0
• The Bamboo Sword, Amulet Books, 2015, ISBN   978-1-4197-0807-7
• Enchantment Lake, University of Minnesota Press, 2015, ISBN   978-0-8166-8302-4
• West of the Moon, Amulet Books, 2014, ISBN   978-1-4197-1532-7
• Shadow on The Mountain, Aumlet Books, 2012, ISBN   978-1419711596
• The Legend of the Lady Slipper . Illustrator Andrea Arroyo. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1999. ISBN   978-0-395-90512-8. Margi Preus.
• A Book of Grace: Words to Bring You Peace. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002. ISBN   978-1-57071-977-6.
• The Peace Bell, Illustrator Hideko Takahashi, Henry Holt, 2008, ISBN   978-0-8050-7800-8
• Heart of a Samurai , Amulet Books, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8109-8981-8
• Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Trees of the World. Illustrator Rebecca Gibbon. Macmillan. 2011. ISBN   978-0-8050-7829-9.

Margi Preus was a runner up for the 2011 Newbery medal and won the Asian/Pacific American award for literature. They were nominated for the Minnesota Book Award for the Middle Grade Literature category for Windswept in 2023. ^[5]

References

1. "Authors Karen Tei Yamashita, Margi Preus, win Asian Pacific awards". Star Tribune .
2. Preus, Margi (1983). "Visions in Near-sleep".
3. "Margi Preus". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
4. "Author".
5. "36 Finalists Blog: Margi Preus – The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library" . Retrieved 2023-04-26.

External links

• Children's literature portal

• Official website
• "Author Interview: Margi Preus, author of Heart of a Samurai", The Fourth Musketeer, July 24, 2010
• "2010 Children's Best: Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus", Kirkus, Clayton Moore, November 15, 2010
• Meghan Cox Gurdon (August 7, 2010). "Heart of a Samurai". The Wall Street Journal.
• Margi Preus at Library of Congress Authorities — with 7 catalog records