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 earned a master's degree (M.S.Ed.) in Reading, Writing, Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania, studied fiction at the Kelly Writers House, and received writing residencies from the Highlights Foundation (now Boyds Mills) and the Cropper Foundation. She formerly served as the Lower School Librarian at the 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 an Associate Editor of children's books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Edward created the late, lamented Anansesem magazine, which covered Caribbean literature for young readers. 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 is a flawed but fervent servant of Jesus Christ and lives in Florida.