Jolene Gutiérrez
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | School Librarian/Children's Author |
| Location | Denver, CO, United States |
| Introduction | Jolene Gutiérrez grew up on a farm, surrounded by animals, plants, and history. She is an award-winning teacher-librarian and has been working with diverse learners at Denver Academy since 1995. She’s a wife of 25+ years and mama to two young adults, three dogs, two cats, and an ever-rotating variety of other animals including a rescue squirrel. Jolene is contributor to If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of Possibility (Candlewick 2025) and author of Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp (Abrams 2025), Mamiachi and Me (Abrams 2025), The Ofrenda That We Built (Chronicle 2024), Too Much! An Overwhelming Day (Abrams Appleseed 2023), Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks (Millbrook/Lerner, 2020), and Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader (Clear Fork/Spork, 2020). Jolene is represented by agent Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Literary Agency. Find her online at www.jolenegutierrez.com or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @writerjolene. |