Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway was born in San Diego, California to a Japanese mother and American father.{{cite web|last=Yamaguchi|first=Leslie|title=How To Be An American Housewife|url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2012/1/30/how-to-be-an-american-housewife/|publisher=Discover Nikkei|access-date=30 January 2012}} She grew up in San Diego and has lived in Washington, Hawaii, and San Diego, California as an adult. She attended Scripps College in Claremont, California, earning a Studio Art B.A.{{cite web|last=Penguin Speakers Bureau|title=About The Author Margaret Dilloway|url=http://www.penguinspeakersbureau.com/speakers/page/margaret_dilloway|publisher=Penguin Group|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718124959/http://www.penguinspeakersbureau.com/speakers/page/margaret_dilloway|archive-date=2012-07-18}} She has three children.{{cite web|title=Margaret Dilloway|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-dilloway|publisher=Huffington Post}}

How To Be An American Housewife was published by Putnam Books in 2010{{cite web|title=How To Be An American Housewife|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399156373,00.html?How_to_Be_an_American_Housewife_Margaret_Dilloway|publisher=Penguin Group}} and reprinted in paperback in 2011.{{cite web|title=How To Be An American Housewife - Paperback|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780425241295,00.html?How_to_Be_an_American_Housewife_Margaret_Dilloway|publisher=Penguin Group}} It received positive reviews, including four stars from People magazine.{{cite web|last=Green|first=Michelle|title=Picks and Pans: Books|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20414634,00.html|publisher=People Magazine|access-date=23 August 2010}}

Her second novel, The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns was published by Putnam in August 2012.{{cite web|title=The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399157752,00.html?strSrchSql=care+and+handling+roses+with+thorns/The_Care_and_Handling_of_Roses_with_Thorns_Margaret_Dilloway|publisher=Penguin Group}} The book won the American Library Association Reference and User Services Association 2012 award in Women's Fiction.{{cite web|title=BREAKING NEWS: RUSA’s 2013 Reading List Announced: Librarian’s top picks in adrenaline, mystery, romance, sci-fi, women’s fiction and other genres|url=http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2013/01/27/rusa-genre-fiction-reading-list-2013-winners/|publisher=American Library Association Reference and User Services Association|access-date=12 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131134745/http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2013/01/27/rusa-genre-fiction-reading-list-2013-winners/#|archive-date=2013-01-31|url-status=dead}}

Her third book Sisters of Heart and Snow was published in 2015 by Penguin, with narratives alternating between current-day Japanese American sisters and 12th century female samurai Tomoe Gozen .

Middle grade fantasy: MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS and MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE DREAM THIEF were published by Disney-Hyperion and then bought by Balzer + Bray, and optioned by Fox Animation for a feature film.

Middle grade contemporary, published by Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins): SUMMER OF A THOUSAND PIES, FIVE THINGS ABOUT AVA ANDREWS, and WHERE THE SKY LIVES.

In 2020, Margaret was the Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence in February, living there for a month right before the quarantine hit. There she wrote WHERE THE SKY LIVES, which takes place in Zion.

• Christopher Award, FIVE THINGS ABOUT AVA ANDREWS, 2021
• Children's Literature Council of Southern California Excellence in a Work of Juvenile Fiction, SUMMER OF A THOUSAND PIES, 2020
• American Library Association Asian/Pacific American Librarians Honor Award, MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS, 2017
• American Library Association Literary Tastes Award for Best Women's Fiction, THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS, 2013
• John Gardner Fiction Award Finalist, 2011{{cite web|title=THE BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY JOHN GARDNER FICTION BOOK AWARD|url=http://www2.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing/binghamton-center-for-writers/binghamton-book-awards/gardner-past-award-winners.html|work=Binghamton University|publisher=Binghamton Center for Writers|access-date=12 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413114009/http://www2.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing/binghamton-center-for-writers/binghamton-book-awards/gardner-past-award-winners.html|archive-date=13 April 2012|url-status=dead}}
• Indie NEXT List Pick, 2010{{cite web|title=The August 2011 Indie Next List Preview|url=http://news.bookweb.org/news/august-2011-indie-next-list-preview|publisher=American Booksellers Association|access-date=12 April 2013}}

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• {{cite book |last=Dilloway |first=Margaret |title=The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns |year=2012 |publisher=Putnam |location=United States |isbn=978-0399157752}}
• {{cite book |last=Walton |first=Todd |title=Spark: A Creative Anthology |year=2013 |publisher=Empire & Great Jones Little Press |location=United States |isbn=978-0988807211}} Contributing author.
• {{Cite book |last=Dilloway |first=Margaret |title=Sisters of Heart and Snow |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |year=2015 |isbn=9780399170805}}{{Cite book |last=Dilloway |first=Margaret |title=Momotaro: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters |publisher=Little, Brown Readers |year=2016 |isbn=978-1484746813}}{{Cite book |last=Dilloway |first=Margaret |title=Momotaro: Xander and the Dream Thief |publisher=Little, Brown |year=2016 |isbn=978-1484790076}}
• "The Japanese Untouchables" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-dilloway/the-japanese-untouchables_b_697585.html
• "My Mother and the American Way" http://www.blogher.com/my-mother-and-american-way-housekeeping.

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