Nydia Armendia-Sánchez is a children’s book author based in California. Her books include NOT FAR FROM HERE, FRIDA KAHLO’S FLOWER CROWN, THE WOMEN BEFORE US, and the forthcoming picture books, VROOM, VROOM VAMONOS (Scholastic, 2027), and DESERT CANTOS: THE STORY OF LINDA RONSTADT (Abrams, 2027).
Nydia won the Sustainable Arts Foundation Illustrated Children’s Book Award and received an Honorable Mention at the International Latino Book Awards.
Her storytelling draws on her children and her Guatemalan and Basque roots. Nydia strives to promote inclusivity and diversity in all her creative work
She is represented by Lori Steel of SteelWorks Literary.
