Christina Soontornvat | |
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 Soontornvat at the 2023 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | Trinity University (BS) University of Texas at Austin (MS) |
| Period | 2016–present |
| Genre | Children's and young adult fiction |
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Christina Soontornvat (Thai: คริสติน่า สุนทรวัฒน์; born 1980) is an American author, educator, and mechanical engineer. She won two Newbery Honors in 2021 for the children's books A Wish in the Dark and All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team (fiction and nonfiction, respectively), and another Newbery Honor in 2023 for the middle grade novel "The Last Mapmaker".