Meet Summer

The Wonder of the World Leaf      is a beautiful introduction      to the rich and varied culture      and traditions of Caribbean              children's literature.       —Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor winning author of The Surrender Tree

Meet Summer Summer Edward is a Ginkgo Prize-longlisted author who writes for all ages. Edward writes books for young readers that have been described as "refreshing", "heartwarming" and "emotionally captivating." She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Temple University, earned a Master of Science in Education degree in Reading, Writing, Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania, studied fiction at the Kelly Writers House, and received writing residencies from Boyds Mills and the Cropper Foundation. She previously served as a School Librarian at Lake Highland Preparatory School, as Managing Editor (maternity leave cover) and Consulting Editor at The Horn Book Magazine, as an Adjunct Professor of children's literature at the Community College of Vermont, and as Associate Editor of children's books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Edward created the late, lamented Anansesem magazine, dedicated to Caribbean literature for young readers. She is a lifelong Roothbert Fellow, and has served as a juror for the Golden Baobab Prize for African children's literature, OpenIDEO's Early Childhood Book Challenge, and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Edward was born in Trinidad in 1986. A flawed but fervent servant of Jesus Christ, she lives in Florida.