Gary Soto is the author of In and Out of Shadows, a musical about undocumented youth, the one-act comedies Novio BoyNerdlandia, The Sparks and Fire of It, and, most recently, The Afterlife, a one-act play about teen murder and teen suicide and based loosely on the novel of the same title. His poem “Oranges” is the most anthologized in contemporary literature.An independent writer, he lives in Berkeley, California.
AmyLea Murphy
AmyLea Murphy is the author of Fine, a young adult novel that blends the mystery