Go Matt!

I wanted to give a shout out to Matt de la Pena, a writer who's been getting a lot of (greatly deserved) press for his latest children's book Last Stop on Market Street. Matt was my instructor when I took a novel writing class back in 2011 at NYU. He was a great teacher and it's nice to see him getting recognized for his work. I read he's a member of group that helps to promote diversity in books and that's great. The publishing field certainly needs more voices from people of color.