Fuyo Gaskins, Pearl

Pearl Fuyo Gaskins is an award-winning journalist whose articles frequently appear in "Scholastic Choices" magazine. The child of an interracial marriage, she wrote What Are You? "to be a forum for mixed-race young people to share their experiences and validate their feelings." This is her first book. Ms. Gaskins grew up in California, lived in Hawaii, and now resides with her husband in West Orange, New Jersey.