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Rigoberta Menchú Tum won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. She lives in Guatemala and devotes herself to fighting for the rights of Maya Guatemalans and other Indigenous people in the Americas as head of the Fundacion Rigoberta Menchu Tum. She has received numerous international awards and honorary degrees and has also written _Crossing Borders: An Autobiography_ , and _I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala_. Her other books for young people, co- written with Dante Liano, include _The Girl from Chimel_ and _The Honey Jar_ , both companion books to _The Secret Legacy_.