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Marie Miranda Cruz
Marie Miranda Cruz’s award winning debut middle-grade novel, EVERLASTING NORA, released in 2018, has received two starred reviews, is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Best Book of 2018 Selection in Middle Grade by Kirkus. She lives in Southern California with her family.