Reyna Grande
Biography
Reyna Grande
Reyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. As a girl, she crossed the US–Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist that has been adopted as the common read selection by over 20 schools and colleges and 14 cities across the country. Her other books include the novels ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS, winner of a 2007 American Book Award, and DANCING WITH BUTTERFLIES, and THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, Young Reader’s Version. She lives in Woodland, CA with her husband and two children.
Reyna Grande