In The Heights: Finding Home
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9780593229590
First entered: 19
Number of weeks: 1
Book Summary
Authors
Name: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hometown: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Born: Jan, 1980
About the author:
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a composer, lyricist, writer, and actor. He is known for the Tony and Grammy Award-winning In the Heights (composer-lyricist, actor) and the critically-acclaimed Hamilton (book, music and lyrics, in addition to playing the title role).
Name: Jeremy McCarter
Name: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
About the author:
Quiara Alegría Hudes is a writer, barrio feminist, and native of West Philly, U.S.A. Hailed for her work’s exuberance, intellectual rigor, and rich imagination, her plays and musicals have been performed around the world. They include a Pulitzer-winning drama, Water By the Spoonful, and a Tony-winning Broadway musical, In the Heights (co-authored with Lin-Manuel Miranda). Her screenplay adaptation of In the Heights opens in movie theaters nationwide this June.
Along with her cousin and a dedicated circle of volunteers, Hudes founded and runs Emancipated Stories, a collection of pages written by people who have been or remain incarcerated.
