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, amongst them The Wonder of the World Leaf, Grannie's Coal Pot, and First Class: How Elizabeth Lange Built a School, which have been called "refreshing", "heartwarming" and "emotionally captivating." She earned a master's degree (M.S.Ed.) in Reading, Writing, Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently Consulting Editor at The Horn Book Magazine and an Adjunct Professor of Children's Literature at the Community College of Vermont. She studied fiction at the Kelly Writers House and received writing residencies from the Highlights Foundation and the Cropper Foundation. Edward created Anansesem, an online magazine covering Caribbean literature for young readers, and was previously a Children's Editor at Heinemann. She is a lifelong Roothbert Fellow, and has served on the juries of the Golden Baobab Prizes for African children's literature, OpenIDEO's Early Childhood Book Challenge, and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Edward was born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1986. She lives in Florida.