MARIA ROUSAKIS is an acclaimed children’s book author. She has written over 40 books for children, from picture books to YA novels. Her books have been awarded in Greece and the U.S. They have been aired on television shows in both countries (in the U.S. her book, “Unique Monique” was featured on “The Reading Rainbow”). Some of her works have also been translated into Chinese, Korean, Swedish and Albanian. Her latest work is an adult novel about a first-generation Greek immigrant who struggles to plant his roots in 1950s New York.