Lila Guzman

Children’s Writer – Lila Guzman

Born 1952, in Lexington, KY; Education: Western Kentucky University, B.A. (Spanish and French), 1973, M.A.T.C., 1975; University of Kentucky, Ph.D. (Spanish literature), 1980. Hobbies and other interests: Swimming, family pets, reading.
Career

Writer, teacher, naval officer, and translator. University of Georgia, former lecturer in Romance languages, 1980; Spanish teacher at middle-school and high-school level. Faculty instructor at Defense Language Institute.

Member

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Writers League of Texas (member of board), Texas Connection to the American Revolution Association, Asociación Bernardo de Gálvez.

Honors Awards

Joint Service Commendation Medal, U.S. Navy, 1983; honorable mention in fiction, National League of American Pen Women, for short story “Star Apples”; Arizona Authors Book Award (with Rick Guzmán), 2003, for Lorenzo’s Secret Mission, 2004, for Lorenzo’s Revolutionary Quest; TCARA Book Award, 2006, for Lorenzo’s Secret Mission and Lorenzo’s Revolutionary Quest.

Read more: Lila Guzmán (1952–) Biography – Personal, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Work in Progress, Sidelights

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