Matt de la Peña
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Matthew de la Peña is an American writer of children's books who specializes in novels for young adults. He won the Newbery Medal in 2016 for his book Last Stop on Market Street.
De la Peña at the 2013 Texas Book Festival
University of the Pacific is a private, historically Methodist-affiliated university with its main campus in Stockton, California, United States, and graduate campuses in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Matt de la Peña
…adults. He won the Newbery Medal in 2016 for his book Last Stop on Market Street. A San Diego, California, native, Matt de la Peña received his BA from University of the Pacific, which he attended on a basketball scholarship. He then received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University. De la Peña wrote Mexican…
Burns Tower on the Stockton campus
Tigers football players in 1943