Gia Gordon is a disabled author, youth activist, and educator. Her MG debut, My So-Called Family, tackles foster care, domestic violence, family, and how to trust a world that keeps letting you down. It's a Jr. Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, received starred reviews (Kirkus and PW), selected as a Kirkus Best Book of 2024 for MG and Bookshop.org Best of Kids’ Chapter Books. Gia’s new middle grade, Strays, about family, friendship, loss, and finding home, has also been named a JLG Gold Standard Selection. Gia loves thrifting and turning no-longer-wanted household goods into works of art.