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Gary Soto (b. 1952)

Gary Soto (b. 1952), who grew up in Fresno, California, taught creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. He is the author of eleven books of poetry, numerous stories for children and young adults, and several novels, including Nickel and Dime (2000), Poetry Lover (2001), and Amnesia in a Republican Country (2003). Soto's memoir, Living up the Street (1985), won an American Book Award.