{"name": "Julia Alvarez", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Born in New York City in 1950, Julia Alvarez's parents returned to their native country, Dominican Republic, shortly after her birth.  Ten years later, the family was forced to flee to the United States because of her father\u2019s involvement in a plot to overthrow the dictator, Trujillo. \r\n\r\nAlvarez has written novels (How the Garc\u00eda Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, \u00a1Yo!, In the Name of Salom\u00e9, Saving the World, Afterlife), collections of poems (Homecoming, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado, The Woman I Kept to Myself), nonfiction (Something to Declare, Once Upon A Quincea\u00f1era, and A Wedding in Haiti), and numerous books for young readers (including the T\u00eda Lola Stories series, Before We Were Free, finding miracles, Return to Sender and Where Do They Go?).  \r\n\r\nAlvarez\u2019s awards include the Pura Belpr\u00e9 and Am\u00e9ricas Awards for her books for young readers, the Hispanic Heritage Award, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award.  In 2013, she received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.\r\n\r\nSource: https://www.juliaalvarez.com/about"}, "personal_name": "Julia Alvarez", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q450243", "isni": "000000010918983X", "viaf": "79102742", "bookbrainz": "4703cb94-a83d-4448-a613-40939e765298", "goodreads": "7277", "imdb": "nm0959482", "lc_naf": "n82247337"}, "photos": [13011066], "birth_date": "March 27, 1950", "key": "/authors/OL29751A", "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-07-31T21:38:15.206367"}}