Rebecca Caprara

Rebecca Caprara graduated from Cornell University and practiced architecture for several years, before shifting her focus from bricks to books. She is the author of The Magic of Melwick Orchard, a Massachusetts Book Awards “Must Read” selection; Worst-Case Collin, an International Youth Library White Ravens selection, an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, and a finalist for the Mark Twain Readers Award; and Spin, an ALA Rise: Feminist Book Project Top Ten selection

Rebecca is the recipient of the 2017 Marguerite W. Davol Picture Book Manuscript Scholarship, as well as the Jane Yolen Scholarship from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

An avid globetrotter, Rebecca has lived in Italy, Singapore, and Canada. She is now growing roots in Massachusetts with her family.