Jamie’s Short Bio

Jamie Ofelia's debut picture book, MIGUEL MUST FIGHT!, is a Bank Street Best Book of 2024 and a 2025 Honor-Award winner for the Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best Picture Book. It has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Shelf Awareness. It is a 2025 Rhode Island Latino Books Award nominee and a 2026 Minnesota Star of the North nominee.

As a biracial Latina, Jamie writes stories so Latine kids can see themselves reflected as heroes in mainstream children's literature. She holds her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and is currently living in South Korea, where she spends her days reading diverse children’s books with her son. When her son gets bored, she continues reading diverse children’s books all by herself.