Silvia López was born in Cuba and emigrated to Miami as a child. Her lifelong love of books led to a career as a school librarian and later as a children’s author. López’s work reflects her interest in animals, history, folklore, and the lives of people who overcome obstacles to achieve great things. Her books include Just Right Family: An Adoption Story (2018), a 2018 Florida Book Award winner; Handimals: Animals in Art and Nature (2019), a 2022 Illinois Bluestem Award nominee; Pacho Nacho (2020); Queen of Tejano Music: Selena (2020), a Junior Library Guild selection, 2020 Florida Book Award winner, and Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Books selection for 2020; and My Little Golden Book About Frida Kahlo (2021).
Sonia Sotomayor: A Little Golden Book Biography was released in August 2022. Some of her picture book biographies have been published in both English and Spanish. Silvia is bilingual and has a great interest in Hispanic culture, but she loves to write about anything and everything that catches her attention. Four of her projects, including two bilingual fiction Easy Readers, are due to be released in 2024. Silvia also enjoys mentoring other writers who have a true belief in and are excited about what their manuscript has to say, regardless of the topic. She currently runs the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) picture book critique group in Miami.
