Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye (Arabic: نعومي شهاب ناي‎‎), (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother. Although she calls herself a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home. She says a visit to her grandmother in the West Bank village of Sinjil was a life-changing experience. Nye was the recipient of the 2014 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. 2Biography At the age of 6, Nye began writing poems. She started sending them out at the age of 7. She was influenced by her mother. She felt lucky to have open-minded parents. Many of her early works were based on things such as cats, squirrels, friends, teachers, et