Profile

Jasmine Warga is the New York Times-bestselling author of Other Words For Home, which earned multiple awards including a John Newbery Honor, a Walter Honor for Young Readers, and a Charlotte Huck Honor. She is also the author of young adult books, My Heart and Other Black Holes and Here We Are Now, which have been translated into over twenty different languages. The Shape of Thunder, her newest book for middle grade readers, was published in May 2021 and is a Junior Library Guild selection and an Indie Next Summer 2021 pick.

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, she now lives in the Chicago area with her family.

Education

MFA - Creative Writing (Writing for Young People) | Lesley

BA - History & Art History | Northwestern

Loree Griffin Burns

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Louise Hawes

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Fran Wilde

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

David Macinnis Gill

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Kekla Magoon

Faculty Emerita, MFA in WCYA

Mary Quattlebaum

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

William Alexander

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Anica Mrose Rissi

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Corey Ann Haydu

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Anna-Marie McLemore

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Varian Johnson

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Cynthia Leitich Smith

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K.A. Holt

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Alex Sanchez

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Liz Garton Scanlon

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in WCYA

Erica Perl

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Sheela Chari

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Jennifer Ziegler

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in WCYA

Melanie Crowder

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Sara Ryan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Linda Urban

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Cory McCarthy

Faculty (On Leave), MFA in WCYA

Emily X.R. Pan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Jasmine Warga

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

An Na

Faculty, MFA in WCYA; Writing Novels for Young People Retreat

Jane Kurtz

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Laura Shovan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

A.S. King

Faculty (On Leave), MFA in WCYA

Evan Griffith

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Veera Hiranandani

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Martine Leavitt

Faculty, MFA in WCYA; Alumnx Mini-Residency

Martha Brockenbrough

Faculty, MFA in WCYA