Margi Preus

Margi Preus is a playwright and children’s book author. Her first novel for young people, Heart of a Samurai, received four starred reviews and was named one of the Best Children’s Books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly, the New York City Public Library and Kirkus Reviews. It was awarded a 2011 Newbery Honor and the Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature. Her next book, Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Trees of the World, a nonfiction picture book (March 2011). See her website here.