Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist. Her books include The Wild Book, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, The Lightning Dreamer, When You Wander, Mountain Dog, and Silver People. She has received several awards including the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Pura Belpr� Award, the Am�ricas Award, and the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for The Surrender Tree and the Pura Belpr� Award and the Am�ricas Award for The Poet Slave of Cuba.