Gigi Amateau

About me

I write middle grade & young adult novels including: Claiming Georgia Tate, Chancey of the Maury River, and A Certain Strain of Peculiar.

Candlewick Press will publish my first historical novel for young adults in September 2012. Come August, Come Freedom imagines the life of Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith who planned one of first and largest slave rebellions in the U.S. in 1800.

Recent tweets

3 hours ago

Ride the Navajo rodeo! Cowboy Up by Nancy Bo Flood http://t.co/qVBtG6P25T #allthingsequine

22 hours ago

Thank you Virginia Library Association for selecting Come August Come Freedom as a 2013 Jefferson Cup Honor Book! #i♥librarians #i♥history

3 days ago

Thanks, @trkravtin! Such a fun book! @candlewick

3 days ago

@VernonWildyJr no. Shaka-bobblehead is now placed in the kitchen window, warding off storms alongside the Virgin Mary&Sacred Heart of Jesus.

3 days ago

last Shaka bobblehead pic. I've set him in the kitchen window next to Our Lady of Guadalupe. #letsgoblessedmother http://t.co/LuE5XXKA4K

 
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