Margi Preus

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Margi Preus is an American children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for ''Heart of a Samurai''. Her books have won multiple awards, honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on many "best of" lists, featured on NPR, chosen for community reads, and translated into many languages.*

She earned her undergraduate degree at Luther College and graduate degree from Binghamton University. She taught at the College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota Duluth. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.