Nadine Pinede, PhD, is a poet, author, editor, translator, and education consultant. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Nadine is the first Rhodes scholar of Haitian descent and earned her doctorate in Philosophy of Education. Author of award-winning informational books, her fiction appears in Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat, and her Pushcart Prize-nominated poetry has been widely anthologized. Nadine’s debut young adult novel in verse When the Mapou Sings was published by Candlewick Press in December. Visit her on the web at nadinepinede.com.
