Mikko Azul ’97, winner of Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

Mikko Azul’s latest book, Askari, earned a Bronze Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in Young Adult Fiction-Fantasy/Sci-Fi.  The Moonbeam awards recognize stories that inspire and delight children of all ages. Askari is her first work of fantasy fiction and is written as the first in a trilogy called Child of Muralia.

Evergreen’s Authors Directory contains a listing of Mikko’s work, some reflections on how she navigated Evergreen’s curriculum and how she’s incorporated her Evergreen experience into her writing:

“Two of my professors at Evergreen have been immortalized in the print of my books: Mark Levinsky and Doranne Crable. Both had a tremendous impact on my outlook on life and were such interesting characters in and of themselves that I just couldn’t resist! Their names have been changed to protect their innocence.”